Isaiah 37:21:5Isa.37.21.W5TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈʔmoːr/
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-yish-LAKH ye-sha-ya-HU ven-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-sha-ya-HU ven-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER hit-pal-LAL-ta e-LAI el-san-khe-RIV ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
Leemor koamar {לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּה־אָמַ֤ר | lēʾmôr kōʾāmar} ‘to say thus he said’ is the formulaic introduction to the divine oracle.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Isaiah 37:21
And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel , ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria.’”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 37:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 37:21, 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.37.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.37.21.W5.S1) and character.