Leviticus 23:1:4Lev.23.1.W4TAB
לֵּאמֹֽר׃
lehmor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leˈmoːr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
el-MO-she leh-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-she leh-MOR
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive construct leʾemor {לֵּאמֹֽר | le-ʾā-mor} ‘saying’ introduces direct divine discourse, a standard Torah speech-introduction formula that signals the forthcoming liturgical and legal instructions in Leviticus 23.
Root and etymology
א-מ-ר
“to say, utter”
In context — Leviticus 23:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:1, 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.23.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.1.W4.S1) and character.