1 Kings 13:9:81 Kgs.13.9.W8TAB
לֶ֖חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
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
loh-to-KHAL LE-khem
- clause
kee-KEHN tsi-WA oh-TEE bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH leh-MOR loh-to-KHAL LE-khem veh-LO tish-teh-MAA-yim
- sentence
kee-KEHN tsi-WA oh-TEE bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH leh-MOR loh-to-KHAL LE-khem veh-LO tish-teh-MAA-yim veh-LO ta-SHUV bah-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-lakh-TA
Root and etymology
lamed–chet–memlamed–chet–mem
“bread”
In context — 1 Kings 13:9
For thus it was commanded to me by the word of the LORD , saying: “You shall not eat bread , and you shall not drink water, and you shall not return by the way which you went.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 13:9, 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.13.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.9.W8.S1) and character.