Genesis 38:21:4Gen.38.21.W4TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leː.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-MOR
- clause
va-yish-AL et-an-SHEI me-ko-MAH le-MOR ai-YEH hak-ke-de-SHA HI va-ei-NA-yim al-had-DA-rekh
- sentence
va-yish-AL et-an-SHEI me-ko-MAH le-MOR ai-YEH hak-ke-de-SHA HI va-ei-NA-yim al-had-DA-rekh va-yom-RU lo-ha-ye-TA va-ZEH ke-de-SHA
Exegesis
The infinitive construction leemor {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lēʾmōr} functions as a discourse marker introducing the quoted speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Genesis 38:21
And he asked the men of her place , “Where is the sacred prostitute who was at Enaim on the road?” And they said, “There has not been any sacred prostitute here.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 38:21, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (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.38.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.21.W4.S1) and character.