Judges 20:23:8Judg.20.23.W8TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
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
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH a-LU e-LAV
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lē-’môr {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lē ’môr} introduces direct discourse, and the chain ha-’ōsîp̄ lā-ḡešēt la-milḥāmâh {הַאוֹסִ֗יף לָגֶשֶׁת לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | ha-’ō-sîp̄ lā-ḡešēt la-milḥāmâh} ‘if I continue to approach to battle’ conveys deliberation.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, say”
In context — Judges 20:23
And the sons of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until the evening; and they inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I continue to go up to battle against the sons of Benjamin, my brother ?” And the LORD said, “Go up against him.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:23, 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.20.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.23.W8.S1) and character.