Numbers 20:23:8Num.20.23.W8TAB
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
- clause
al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON be-HOR ha-HAR al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lēʾamor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾamōr} functions as a discourse marker introducing the forthcoming command. The translation preserves Hebrew word order and compound constructions through clear English prepositional phrases.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-mem-resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 20:23
And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom , saying,
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:23, 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.20.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.23.W8.S1) and character.