Numbers 16:44:4Num.16.44.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:9
לֵאמֹֽר׃
leemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-EM-or
- Extended
- leh-EMOHR
- 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-EM-or
- phraseyour reading level
el-MO-sheh le-EM-or
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh le-EM-or
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive construct lēʾ-mōr {לֵּאמֹר׃ | lēʾ-mōr} ‘to say’ serves as the standard formulaic marker introducing reported speech in Torah narrative. In translation, the Hebrew VSO order is rendered in SVO form, with “spoke/said” and “to Moses,” while preserving or integrating the infinitive formula to reflect the original idiom.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-rayin-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:44
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:44, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (leemor) 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.16.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.44.W4.S1) and character.