Numbers 19:1:5Num.19.1.W5TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leeh-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 ve-el-a-ha-RON le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lēʾmōr} ‘saying’ signals indirect discourse and introduces the forthcoming instructions, framing the LORD’s speech as authoritative proclamation within the priestly context.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Numbers 19:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying,
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 19:1, 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.19.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.1.W5.S1) and character.