Judges 16:2:13Judg.16.2.W13TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
va-yit-kha-re-SHU khol-ha-LAI-la le-MOR ad-OR ha-BO-ker va-ha-reg-NU-hu
- sentence
la-a-za-TIM le-MOR BA shim-sHON HEN-na va-ya-SO-bu va-ye-er-VU-lo khol-ha-LAI-la be-SHA-ar ha-IR va-yit-kha-re-SHU khol-ha-LAI-la le-MOR ad-OR ha-BO-ker va-ha-reg-NU-hu
Exegesis
The opening phrase la'azatim le'emor {לַעַזָּתִים לֵאמֹר | la-az-za-TIM le-MOR} introduces indirect discourse and identifies the audience.
In context — Judges 16:2
It was told to the Gazites that Samson has come here, so they surrounded and lay in wait for him at the city gate throughout the night, remaining silent until dawn when they planned to kill him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 16:2, 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 Judg.16.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.2.W13.S1) and character.