1 Kings 18:13:201 Kgs.18.13.W20TAB
לֶ֥חֶם
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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Word in context
- word
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khem va-MA-yim
- clause
va-akh-BI min-ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH me-A ISH kha-mi-SHIM kha-mi-SHIM ISH bam-me-a-RA va-a-khal-ke-LEM LE-khem va-MA-yim
- sentence
ha-LO-hug-GAD la-do-NI ET a-sher-a-SI-ti ba-ha-ROG i-ze-VEL ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH va-akh-BI min-ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH me-A ISH kha-mi-SHIM kha-mi-SHIM ISH bam-me-a-RA va-a-khal-ke-LEM LE-khem va-MA-yim
Exegesis
The nouns leḥem {לֶ֥חֶם | lě-ḥem} ‘bread’ and mayim {וָמָֽיִם | wā-mā-yim} ‘water’ function as a merism for essential sustenance. The English translation retains the Hebrew’s temporal sequence and distributive emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootl-ḥ-m
“food, bread”
In context — 1 Kings 18:13
Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD ? I hid one hundred of the LORD’s prophets , fifty in the cave, and I provided them with bread and water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:13:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word לֶ֥חֶם (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.18.13.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.13.W20.S1) and character.