Numbers 17:1:4Num.17.1.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:16
לֵאמֹֽר׃
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
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lemor {לֵּאמֹר | lē-mōr} ‘saying’ introduces the direct quotation, a fixed syntactic pattern framing divine commands. This sequence—verb, subject, indirect object, infinitive—emphasizes the act of speaking by the LORD before revealing the content.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 17:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying ,
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 17:1, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (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.17.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.1.W4.S1) and character.