Ezekiel 18:1:4Ezek.18.1.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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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 prepositional phrase elay {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay} “to me” identifies Ezekiel as the recipient, and the infinitive construct leʾemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾe-mōr} “to say” marks the start of direct discourse. In English, the sequence is rendered as subject-verb-object for readability while preserving the sense of immediate divine communication.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, utter”
In context — Ezekiel 18:1
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:1, 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.18.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.1.W4.S1) and character.