Genesis 18:12:4Gen.18.12.W4TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
leamor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-a-MOR
- Extended
- leh-ah-MOHR
- IPA
- /leː.ʔa.ˈmoːr/
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-a-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
be-kir-BAH le-a-MOR
- clause
va-tits-KHAK sa-RA be-kir-BAH le-a-MOR
- sentence
va-tits-KHAK sa-RA be-kir-BAH le-a-MOR a-kha-RE ve-lo-TI ha-ye-ta-LI ed-NA va-a-do-NI za-KEN
Exegesis
The quotative infinitive leimor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lē-ʾmōr} introduces her unspoken words.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — Genesis 18:12
And Sarah laughed inwardly, saying, “Once I have grown frail, shall I find pleasure , when my lord himself is old?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:12, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (leamor) 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 Gen.18.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.12.W4.S1) and character.