Genesis 21:22:9Gen.21.22.W9TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leː.ˈʔmoːr/
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR e-lo-HIM im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-sher-a-TA o-SE
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el Abraham {אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֖ם | ʾel ʾaḇrāhām} marks Abraham as addressee, with the infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lēʾmōr} signaling direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say; to utter”
In context — Genesis 21:22
And it was then that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham and declared, “God is with you in every thing you do.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 21:22, 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 Gen.21.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.22.W9.S1) and character.