Jeremiah 13:8:4Jer.13.8.W4TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“to say”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈʔmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to say
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
- phraseyour reading level
e-LAI le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH e-LAI le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-mōr} ‘saying’ introduces the direct speech that follows. English rendering preserves this sequence and uses participial syntax to mirror the Hebrew clause structure and convey the anticipatory nature of the prophetic announcement.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 13:8
And the word of the LORD came to me saying ,
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 13:8, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (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 Jer.13.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.8.W4.S1) and character.