1 Kings 13:19:41 Kgs.13.19.W4TAB
לֶ֛חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
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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
va-YO-khal LE-khem
- sentence
va-YA-shav i-TO va-YO-khal LE-khem be-VE-TO va-YESH-te MA-yim
Exegesis
The clause continues with vayokhal {וַיֹּ֥אכַל | wayyōʾkhal} ‘and he ate’, taking lechem {לֶ֛חֶם | leḥem} ‘bread’ as its object.
Root and etymology
RootLamed–Heth–Mem
“bread, food provision”
In context — 1 Kings 13:19
So he returned with him, and he ate bread in his house , and he drank water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:19, so the Hebrew word לֶ֛חֶם (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.13.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.19.W4.S1) and character.