Jeremiah 18:1:7Jer.18.1.W7TAB
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
- sentence
ha-da-VAR a-SHER ha-YA el-yir-me-YA-hu me-ET Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
Exegesis
Divine source is marked by me’et YHWH {מֵאֵת יְהוָה | mē-ʾēt Yə-hō-wāh}, and the infinitive construct le’emor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾē-mōr} serves as a transition into the prophetic oracle. The rendering preserves Hebrew word order and highlights the formal introduction typical of Jeremiah’s messages.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 18:1
A word came to Jeremiah from the LORD , saying .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 18:1, 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.18.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.1.W7.S1) and character.