Leviticus 14:1:4Lev.14.1.W4TAB
לֵּאמֹֽר׃
lehmor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /le.ˈʔmoːr/
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
leh-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
el-MO-sheh leh-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh leh-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le'emor {לֵּאמֹֽר׃ | le-ʾēmōr} ‘saying’ signals the introduction of divine speech. In English, this sequence is rendered in SVO order to enhance readability, shifting “and he spoke + LORD + to Moses” to “The LORD spoke to Moses,” with “saying/telling him” preserving the introductory function of le'emor.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Leviticus 14:1
Then the LORD spoke to Moses , saying,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:1, so the Hebrew word לֵּאמֹֽר׃ (lehmor) 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 Lev.14.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.1.W4.S1) and character.