1 Chronicles 15:12:21 Chr.15.12.W2TAB
לָהֶ֔ם
lahem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer la-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM a-TEM ra-SHE ha-a-VOT lal-vi-YIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-HEM a-TEM ra-SHE ha-a-VOT lal-vi-YIM hit-kad-de-SHU a-TEM va-a-KHE-khem ve-ha-a-li-TEM ET a-RON ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL el-ha-khi-no-TI LO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} “and he said,” introducing direct speech addressed to lahem {לָהֶ֔ם | lāhem} “to them.”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:12
He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical households. Make yourselves holy, both you and your brothers, and bring up the ark of the LORD , the God of Israel , to the place I have prepared for it.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 15:12, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֔ם (lahem) 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 1 Chr.15.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.12.W2.S1) and character.