Ezekiel 16:1:4Ezek.16.1.W4TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈʔmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
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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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 phrase elai {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay} ‘to me’ identifies Ezekiel as the recipient, and the infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-mōr} ‘saying’ introduces the forthcoming direct discourse. In English, the Hebrew VSO order is rendered in SVO, and a quotation marker is supplied to preserve clarity while maintaining the prophetic speech framework.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to speak, say”
In context — Ezekiel 16:1
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying ,
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:1, 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.16.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.1.W4.S1) and character.