Numbers 16:41:7Num.16.41.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:6
לֵאמֹר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmor/
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
al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON le-MOR a-TEM
- clause
al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON le-MOR a-TEM ha-mi-TEM et-AM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-LO-nu kol-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL mi-ma-kho-RAT al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON le-MOR a-TEM ha-mi-TEM et-AM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive lê-ʾā-môr {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾā-môr} ‘saying’ introduces direct speech, realized by the interrogative Hiphil perfect hă-mit-têm {הֲמִתֶּם | hă-mit-têm} ‘Have you killed?’ as an accusatory challenge.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:41
On the next day, all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:41:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:41, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹר (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.16.41.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.41.W7.S1) and character.