Leviticus 15:1:5Lev.15.1.W5TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lehmor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leː.ˈmoːr/
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
- sentence
va-yed-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH ehl-mo-SHEH veh-ehl-ah-ha-RON leh-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leimor {לֵאמֹֽר | lêʾāmôr} ‘saying’ functions as a direct discourse introducer. Hebrew VSO order is rendered into English SVO for clarity while retaining narrative flow marked by the consecutive vav.
In context — Leviticus 15:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 15:1, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (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.15.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.1.W5.S1) and character.