1 Kings 17:6:41 Kgs.17.6.W4TAB
לֶ֤חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- 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
LE-khem u-va-SAR
- clause
ve-ha-or-VIM me-vi-IIM LO LE-khem u-va-SAR ba-BO-ker ve-LE-khem u-va-SAR ba-A-rev
- sentence
ve-ha-or-VIM me-vi-IIM LO LE-khem u-va-SAR ba-BO-ker ve-LE-khem u-va-SAR ba-A-rev u-min-ha-NA-khal yish-TE
Exegesis
The paired objects lechem uvasar {לֶחֶם וּבָשָׂר | lĕ-ḥem û-ḇā-śār} ‘bread and meat’ form a parallel binary structure that underscores full provision.
Root and etymology
ל-ח-ם
“to knead”
In context — 1 Kings 17:6
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the stream .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 17:6, so the Hebrew word לֶ֤חֶם (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.17.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.6.W4.S1) and character.