Leviticus 22:1:4Lev.22.1.W4TAB
לֵּאמֹֽר׃
lehmor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /lɛ.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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Word in context
- word
leh-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
el-mo-SHEH leh-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH leh-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive lemor {לֵּאמֹֽר | le-MOR} ‘saying’ serves as a discourse marker introducing direct speech. Hebrew’s VSO order is rendered as SVO plus an introductory subordinate clause to preserve the discourse function for the subsequent divine command.
Root and etymology
“to say”
In context — Leviticus 22:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying ,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 22:1, 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.22.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.1.W4.S1) and character.