Leviticus 21:1:4Lev.21.1.W4TAB
אֱמֹ֥ר
emor
“speak”
- Transliteration
- e-MOR
- Extended
- eh-MOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| 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
e-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
e-MOR el-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh e-MOR el-ha-ko-ha-NIM be-NEI a-ha-RON
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh e-MOR el-ha-ko-ha-NIM be-NEI a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM le-NE-fesh lo-yi-ta-MA be-a-MAV
Exegesis
The imperative emor {אֱמֹ֥ר | ʾĕ-mōr} ‘say’ introduces the command to el-hakkōhanim {אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | ʾel-ha-kō-hă-nîm} ‘the priests’, with the construct chain b-ney Aharōn {בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֑ן | bĕ-nê ʾa-hă-rōn} ‘sons of Aaron’ specifying the priestly lineage.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Leviticus 21:1
And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: ‘For a dead person , a priest is not to defile himself among his people.’”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 21:1, so the Hebrew word אֱמֹ֥ר (emor) 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.21.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.1.W4.S1) and character.