Judges 21:18:9Judg.21.18.W9TAB
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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
ki-nish-be-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-MOR a-RUR no-TEN i-SHA le-vin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-a-NAKH-nu LO nu-KHAL la-TET-la-HEM na-SHIM mib-be-no-TEI-nu ki-nish-be-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-MOR a-RUR no-TEN i-SHA le-vin-ya-MIN
Exegesis
The infinitive lēʼmōr {לֵאמֹר | lēʼmōr} ‘saying’ marks direct speech leading into the curse formula composed of ʾārūr {אָרוּר | ʾārūr} ‘cursed,’ nōṯēn {נֹתֵן | nōṯēn} ‘the one who gives,’ ʾīššāh {אִשָּׁה | ʾīššāh} ‘a wife,’ and leḇinyāmîn {לְבִנְיָמִֽן | leḇinyāmîn} ‘to Benjamin.’ The Hebrew word order presents the prohibition before its rationale and culminates in the solemn oath-formula, highlighting communal covenant commitment.
In context — Judges 21:18
And we are not able to give them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, “Cursed is the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 21:18, 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.21.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.18.W9.S1) and character.