Numbers 14:7:4Num.14.7.W4TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
leimor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- lei-MOR
- Extended
- leh-ee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmoːr/
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
lei-MOR
- clause
va-yo- MER-u el-KOL-a-DAHT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lei-MOR
- sentence
va-yo- MER-u el-KOL-a-DAHT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lei-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-VAR-nu BAH la-TUR o-TAH to-VAH ha-A-retz me-OD me-OD
Exegesis
The quotation marker lemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lē-ʾāmôr} ‘saying’ signals the report that follows.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 14:7
And they said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, “The land we passed through to spy out is very good, indeed exceedingly .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:7, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (leimor) 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.14.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.7.W4.S1) and character.