Genesis 39:19:9Gen.39.19.W9TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmoːr/
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 khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha va-yi-KHAR ap-PO
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ and infinitive leimor {לֵאמֹר | lē-mōr} ‘saying’ introduce her accusation, framed by kadvarim haeleh {כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | kad-də-ḇā-rîm hā-ʾêl-leh} ‘according to these words’.
In context — Genesis 39:19
And it happened when his master heard the words his wife spoke to him, saying, “According to these things your servant did to me,” his anger burned.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 39:19, 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.39.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.19.W9.S1) and character.