1 Kings 21:5:121 Kgs.21.5.W12TAB
לָֽחֶם׃
lakhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LA-khem
- Extended
- LAA-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlaːħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
LA-khem
- phraseyour reading level
o-KHEL LA-khem
- clause
va-te-dab-BER e-LA-v MA-ze ru-KHA-kha sa-RA ve-E-ne-kha o-KHEL LA-khem
- sentence
va-ta-VO e-LA-v i-ze-VEL ish-TO va-te-dab-BER e-LA-v MA-ze ru-KHA-kha sa-RA ve-E-ne-kha o-KHEL LA-khem
Exegesis
The participial clause ve’einkha okhel lechem {וְאֵינְךָ֖ אֹכֵ֥ל לָֽחֶם | wə-ʾēn-kā ʾō-ḵēl lā-ḥem} describes an ongoing refusal to eat. Translations preserve Hebrew emphasis by retaining word order and rendering idioms into clear English.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-ml-ḥ-m
“bread, food”
In context — 1 Kings 21:5
Then Jezebel, his wife, came to him and spoke to him, “What is this? Why has your spirit turned aside, and you are not eating bread ?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 21:5, so the Hebrew word לָֽחֶם׃ (lakhem) 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.21.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.5.W12.S1) and character.