Joshua 21:2:6Josh.21.2.W6TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
leimor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- lei-MOR
- Extended
- lei-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmoːr/
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
lei-MOR
- clause
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-re-shei-HEN liv-hemt-TE-nu
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leemor {לֵאמֹר | lē·ʾmôr} serves as a complementizer for the quotation.
In context — Joshua 21:2
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in and their pasturelands for our livestock.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:2, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (leimor) 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.21.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.2.W6.S1) and character.