1 Kings 13:22:111 Kgs.13.22.W11TAB
לֶ֖חֶם
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
al-to-KHAL LE-khem
- clause
va-ta-SHAV va-to-KHAL LE-khem va-TE-shet MA-yim ba-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER e-LE-kha al-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim
- sentence
va-ta-SHAV va-to-KHAL LE-khem va-TE-shet MA-yim ba-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER e-LE-kha al-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim lo-ta-VO niv-la-TE-kha el-KE-ver a-vo-TE-kha
Root and etymology
lamed–chet–memlamed–chet–mem
“bread”
In context — 1 Kings 13:22
But you returned and ate bread and drank water in the place where He spoke to you, “Do not eat bread, and do not drink water.” Your corpse will not come to the grave of your fathers.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 13:22, so the Hebrew word לֶ֖חֶם (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.13.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.22.W11.S1) and character.