Numbers 16:24:3Num.16.24.W3TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR
- sentence
da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR he-a-LU mi-sa-VIV le-mish-KAN-KO-rakh da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leʾmôr {לֵאמֹר | le·ʾmôr} ‘saying’ introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:24
Speak to the congregation and say, “Withdraw from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:24, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (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.16.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.24.W3.S1) and character.