Numbers 2:1:5Num.2.1.W5TAB

לֵאמֹֽר׃

lemor

saying

Transliteration
le-MOR
Extended
leh-MOHR
IPA
/leˈʔmoːr/

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
לֵא + מֹֽר׃
le + mor
lemor

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MOR

  2. 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 contextNumbers 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.