1 Kings 13:17:61 Kgs.13.17.W6TAB
לֶ֔חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
lo-to-KHAL LE-khem
- clause
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim
- sentence
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet bad-DE-rekh a-sher-ha-LAKH-ta BAH
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-ml-ḥ-m
“bread, food”
In context — 1 Kings 13:17
For a word has come to me by the word of the LORD , saying, “You shall not eat bread , and you shall not drink water there, nor shall you return to go by the way that you went.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:17, so the Hebrew word לֶ֔חֶם (lekhem) 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 Kgs.13.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.17.W6.S1) and character.