Isaiah 36:21:8Isa.36.21.W8TAB
לֵאמֹ֖ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːʔəˈmoːr/
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
ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
- sentence
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
Exegesis
The particle hî {הִ֛יא | hî} ‘it’ functions as a copula for emphasis, preceding the infinitive construct lēʾemor {לֵאמֹ֖ר | lēʾemor} ‘to say’, which introduces the direct prohibition lo taʿănûhû {לֹ֥א תַעֲנֻֽהוּ | lō taʿănûhû} ‘you shall not answer him’, where the imperfect expresses a continuous ban. The placement of hî and the leʾemor clause foregrounds the king’s decree before the quoted command.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, declare”
In context — Isaiah 36:21
But they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king’s command was, saying, “Do not answer him.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 36:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 36:21, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֖ר (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.36.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.36.21.W8.S1) and character.