Judges 21:1:5Judg.21.1.W5TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
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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Word in context
- word
le-mor
- clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le’emor {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾā-môr} introduces direct speech.
In context — Judges 21:1
And the men of Israel swore at Mizpah , saying, “No man among us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 21:1, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (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.21.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.1.W5.S1) and character.