Leviticus 20:1:4Lev.20.1.W4TAB
לֵּאמֹֽר׃
lehmor
“to say”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to say
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
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 lə·mōr {לֵאמֹר | lə·mōr} ‘saying’ functions as a quotative preface to direct speech. English translation retains the Hebrew sequence—verb, subject, recipient phrase, quotative expression—using punctuation to signal the transition into the command that follows.
In context — Leviticus 20:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:1, 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.20.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.1.W4.S1) and character.