Isaiah 14:24:4Isa.14.24.W4TAB

לֵאמֹ֑ר

lemor

saying

Transliteration
le-MOR
Extended
lee-MOHR
IPA
/leːˈʔmoːr/

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
לֵא + מֹ֑ר
le + mor
lemor

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MOR

  2. clause

    nish-BA ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT le-MOR

  3. sentence

    nish-BA ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT le-MOR im-LO ka-a-SHER dim-mi-TI KEN ha-ya-TA ve-kha-a-SHER ya-ats-TI HI ta-KUM

Exegesis

The infinitive construct leemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lē-’ā-môr} introduces the quoted oath.

In contextIsaiah 14:24

The LORD of hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have thought, so it happens; and as I have purposed , so it will stand.”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 14:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 14:24, 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 Isa.14.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.24.W4.S1) and character.