Judges 21:20:4Judg.21.20.W4TAB
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
va-ye-tsa-VU et-be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-tsa-VU et-be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-MOR le-KHU va-a-rav-TEM ba-ke-ra-MIM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lēmōr {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lē-ʾōr} precedes direct speech, a standard Hebrew reporting structure.
In context — Judges 21:20
And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go and set an ambush in the vineyards .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:20, 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.21.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.20.W4.S1) and character.