Ezekiel 16:44:5Ezek.16.44.W5TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
hin-NE KAL-ha-mo-SHEL a-LA-yikh yim-SHOL le-MOR
- sentence
hin-NE KAL-ha-mo-SHEL a-LA-yikh yim-SHOL le-MOR ke-i-MA bit-TA
Exegesis
The imperfect verb yimshol {יִמְשֹׁל | yim-šō-l} ‘will use a proverb’ carries a future or iterative nuance, and the infinitive leemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾē-mōr} ‘to say’ introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to speak, say”
In context — Ezekiel 16:44
Behold, everyone who uses proverbs against you will use a proverb, saying, “Like mother , like her daughter.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:44:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:44, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (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.16.44.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.44.W5.S1) and character.