Numbers 17:12:5Num.17.12.W5TABWLC Numbers 17:27
לֵאמֹ֖ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-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
le-MOR HEN ga-va-NU a-vad-NU ku-la-NU a-vad-NU
- sentence
va-yits-a-KU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-MO-sheh le-MOR HEN ga-va-NU a-vad-NU ku-la-NU a-vad-NU
Exegesis
The infinitive lē-’môr {לֵאמֹר | lē-’môr} ‘saying’ marks the onset of direct speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 17:12
And the sons of Israel said to Moses , saying, “Look, we have perished ; we are ruined; all of us are ruined.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 17:12, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֖ר (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.17.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.12.W5.S1) and character.