Numbers 13:1:4Num.13.1.W4TAB
לֵּאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leˈʔmoːr/
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
le-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
el-mo-SHEH le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH le-MOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-mosheh {אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֥ה | ʾel-mōšeh} identifies the human recipient, and the infinitive construct leʾmor {לֵּאמֹֽר | lēʾmôr} functions as a discourse marker introducing God’s subsequent instructions. English rendering preserves the temporal and speaker-focus structure of the Hebrew while smoothing word order for natural readability.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 13:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying ,
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:1, so the Hebrew word לֵּאמֹֽר׃ (lemor) 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 Num.13.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.1.W4.S1) and character.