1 Kings 17:6:71 Kgs.17.6.W7TAB
וְלֶ֥חֶם
velekhem
“and bread”
- Transliteration
- ve-LE-khem
- Extended
- veh-LEH-khem
- IPA
- /vəlɛˈħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
ve-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 17:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 17:6, so the Hebrew word וְלֶ֥חֶם (velekhem) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.6.W7.S1) and character.