Numbers 2:1:5Num.2.1.W5TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leˈʔmoːr/
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-she ve-el-a-ha-RON le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le-ʾemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lê-ʾēmōr} ‘to say’ functions as a discourse marker introducing the commands in the following verses.
Root and etymology
’-m-r’-m-r
“to say”
In context — Numbers 2:1
Then the LORD addressed Moses and Aaron with these words:
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:1, 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.2.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.1.W5.S1) and character.