Numbers 34:13:5Num.34.13.W5TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
leemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-EMOR
- Extended
- leh-EH-mor
- IPA
- /leːˈmor/
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-EMOR
- clause
va-ye-TSAV mo-SHEH ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-EMOR
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV mo-SHEH ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-EMOR ZOT ha-A-retz a-SHER tit-na-kha-LU o-TAH be-go-RAL a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-tish-AT ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH
Exegesis
The infinitive-construction leimor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾā-mōr} ‘saying’ introduces Moses’ proclamation.
In context — Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 34:13, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (leemor) 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.34.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.13.W5.S1) and character.