Ezekiel 17:11:4Ezek.17.11.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 infinitive leimor {לֵאמֹר | lē-mōr} ‘to say’ functions as an infinitive of purpose, introducing the direct speech that follows. In English, the structure is rendered in subject-verb-object order, moving ‘came to me’ before ‘saying/declaring’ to preserve the flow of the prophetic message.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Ezekiel 17:11
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 17:11, 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.17.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.11.W4.S1) and character.