Joshua 17:4:10Josh.17.4.W10TAB

לֵאמֹ֔ר

lemor

saying

Transliteration
le-MOR
Extended
leh-ei-MOR
IPA
/han.nəsiˈʔiːm/

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
לֵא + מֹ֔ר
le + mor
lemor

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MOR

  2. clause

    va-tik-RAV-nah lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-lif-NEI ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-lif-NEI han-se-i-IM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VAH et-MO-sheh la-TET-la-NU na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI-nu

  3. sentence

    va-tik-RAV-nah lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-lif-NEI ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-lif-NEI han-se-i-IM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VAH et-MO-sheh la-TET-la-NU na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI-nu va-yi-TEN la-HEM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI a-vi-HEN

Exegesis

The infinitive construct le’emor {לֵאמֹר | leʾ-ə-môr} marks direct speech.

In contextJoshua 17:4

And they came before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the leaders, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to allot us an inheritance among our brothers.” So he gave them an inheritance according to the mouth of the LORD, among the brothers of their father.

About this coordinate

Joshua 17:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 17:4, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (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 Josh.17.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.4.W10.S1) and character.