1 Kings 13:23:41 Kgs.13.23.W4TAB

לֶ֖חֶם

lekhem

bread

Transliteration
LE-khem
Extended
LEH-khehm
IPA
/ˈlɛħɛm/

Meaning by language

English
bread

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Result
לֶ֖ + חֶם
le + khem
lekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    LE-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ah-khe-LO LE-khem

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI a-kha-RE ah-khe-LO LE-khem ve-a-kha-RE sheh-toh-TOH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI a-kha-RE ah-khe-LO LE-khem ve-a-kha-RE sheh-toh-TOH vah-yah-kha-VASH-lo ha-kha-MOR lah-na-VEE a-SHER heh-shee-VO

Root and etymology

l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem

bread, food

In context1 Kings 13:23

And it happened, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 13:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:23, 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.13.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.23.W4.S1) and character.