Leviticus 22:3:1Lev.22.3.W1TAB
אֱמֹ֣ר
emor
“Say”
- Transliteration
- e-MOR
- Extended
- eh-MOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Say
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
e-MOR a-le-HEM
- clause
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV
- sentence
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV veh-nikh-re-TAH ha-NE-fesh ha-HI mil-le-fa-NAI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Hebrew imperatival clause opens with emor {אֱמֹר | ʾĕ-môr} ‘say’ followed by the temporal prepositional phrase ledoroteichem {לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | lə-dô-rô-tê-khem} ‘for your generations,’ establishing enduring validity.
Root and etymology
“to say”
In context — Leviticus 22:3
Say to them, “For your generations every man who draws near from among any of your offspring to the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate to the LORD , while his uncleanness is upon him — that soul shall be cut off from before Me . I am the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:3, so the Hebrew word אֱמֹ֣ר (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.22.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.3.W1.S1) and character.