Ezekiel 18:2:8Ezek.18.2.W8TAB
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
ma-la-KHEM a-TEM mo-she-LIM et-ha-ma-SHAL ha-ZE al-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
ma-la-KHEM a-TEM mo-she-LIM et-ha-ma-SHAL ha-ZE al-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL le-MOR a-VOT yo-khe-LU VO-ser ve-shi-NE ha-ba-NIM tik-he-NA
Exegesis
The deictic haz-zeh {הַזֶּ֔ה | haz-zeh} ‘this’ plus the noun mashal {מַשָּׁל | māšāl} ‘proverb’ marks a known adage, while the infinitive le-ʾmôr {לֵאמֹ֑ר | le-ʾmôr} ‘to say’ introduces a subordinate clause.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, utter”
In context — Ezekiel 18:2
What is it to you that you are quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying: The fathers eat sour grapes , and the teeth of the children are set on edge?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 18:2, 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.18.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.2.W8.S1) and character.