Genesis 39:17:5Gen.39.17.W5TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leː.ʔə.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-te-dab-BER e-LAV kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le le-MOR
- sentence
va-te-dab-BER e-LAV kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le le-MOR ba-e-LAI ha-E-ved ha-iv-RI a-sher-he-VE-ta la-NU le-TSA-khek BI
Exegesis
The infinitive marker lemor {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾmōr} functions as a discourse label introducing the quotation.
In context — Genesis 39:17
And she spoke to him with these words , saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came to me to mock me .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 39:17, 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.39.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.17.W5.S1) and character.