1 Kings 18:23:51 Kgs.18.23.W5TAB
לָהֶם֩
lahem
“for themselves or for them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves or for them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD
- clause
ve-yit-NU-LA-nu she-NA-yim pa-RIM ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD vi-nat-te-KHU-hu ve-ya-SI-mu al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO ya-SI-mu
- sentence
ve-yit-NU-LA-nu she-NA-yim pa-RIM ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD vi-nat-te-KHU-hu ve-ya-SI-mu al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO ya-SI-mu va-a-NI e-e-SE et-hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD ve-na-TAT-ti al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO a-SIM
In context — 1 Kings 18:23
And let them give us two bulls , and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and place it on the wood , but let them not put fire on it. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood, but I will not put fire on it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:23, so the Hebrew word לָהֶם֩ (lahem) 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.18.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.23.W5.S1) and character.