Judges 21:1:5Judg.21.1.W5TAB

לֵאמֹ֑ר

lemor

saying

Transliteration
le-mor
Extended
lee-MOHR
IPA
/leːˈʔmoːr/

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
לֵא + מֹ֑ר
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

    ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor

  3. 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 contextJudges 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.