Jeremiah 21:1:15Jer.21.1.W15TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
bish-lo-AKH e-LAV ha-ME-lekh tsid-ki-YA-hu et-pa-she-KHUR ben-mal-ki-YA ve-et-tse-fan-YA ven-ma-a-SE-ya ha-ko-HEN le-MOR
- sentence
ha-da-VAR a-SHER-ha-YA el-yir-me-YA-hu me-ET ye-ho-VAH bish-lo-AKH e-LAV ha-ME-lekh tsid-ki-YA-hu et-pa-she-KHUR ben-mal-ki-YA ve-et-tse-fan-YA ven-ma-a-SE-ya ha-ko-HEN le-MOR
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive le’emor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾā-môr} signals the beginning of reported speech. These chains of infinitive constructs and relative clauses are rendered as subordinate and temporal clauses in English to improve clarity and flow.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 21:1
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to him, saying ,
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 21:1, 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.21.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.1.W15.S1) and character.