Ezekiel 14:2:4Ezek.14.2.W4TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“to say”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈʔmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
e-LAI le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH e-LAI le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leʾemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾĕ-mōr} ‘saying’ functions as a subordinating marker for direct discourse. The shift from Hebrew VSO order to English SVO maintains clarity without altering the oracular emphasis.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say”
In context — Ezekiel 14:2
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 14:2, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lemor) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.14.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.2.W4.S1) and character.