Leviticus 23:26:4Lev.23.26.W4TAB
לֵּאמֹֽר׃
lehmor
“to say”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /le.ˈʔmoːr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
el-MO-sheh leh-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER yeh-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh leh-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lemor {לֵּאמֹֽר | lē·ʾāmôr} ‘saying’ serves as a discourse marker introducing direct speech. The English translation uses “spoke…saying” (formal) and “said” (dynamic) with comma placement to reflect both the vav-consecutive sequence and the introductory infinitive construct, preserving the Hebrew rhetorical flow.
Root and etymology
א-מ-ר
“to say, utter”
In context — Leviticus 23:26
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying ,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:26, 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.23.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.26.W4.S1) and character.