לֶ֙חֶם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֶ֙חֶם֙

   LE-khem

   bread
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 חֲמ֥וֹר לֶ֙חֶם֙

   kha-MOR LE-khem

   a donkey bread
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח יִשַׁ֜י חֲמ֥וֹר לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְנֹ֣אד יַ֔יִן וּגְדִ֥י עִזִּ֖ים אֶחָ֑ד

   va-yik-KAKH yi-SHAI kha-MOR LE-khem ve-NOD YA-yin u-ge-DI i-ZIM e-KHAD

   and he took Jesse a donkey bread and a skin or wineskin wine and a young goat of goats one
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח יִשַׁ֜י חֲמ֥וֹר לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְנֹ֣אד יַ֔יִן וּגְדִ֥י עִזִּ֖ים אֶחָ֑ד וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח בְּיַד־דָּוִ֥ד בְּנ֖וֹ אֶל־שָׁאֽוּל׃

   va-yik-KAKH yi-SHAI kha-MOR LE-khem ve-NOD YA-yin u-ge-DI i-ZIM e-KHAD va-yish-LAKH be-YAD-da-VID be-NO el-sha-UL

   and he took Jesse a donkey bread and a skin or wineskin wine and a young goat of goats one and he sent by the hand of David his son to Saul

Exegesis

Yishai {יִשַׁי | yi-shay} is the subject, followed by coordinated objects khamor {חֲמוֹר | kha-mor} ’donkey’, lechem {לֶחֶם | le-khem} ’bread’, wenod yayin {וְנֹ֣אד יַ֔יִן | wə-nōʾəd yā-yīn} ’a skin of wine’, and ugedi izzim echad {וּגְדִ֥י עִזִּים אֶחָד | ū-gə-dî ʿiz-zîm ʾe-ḥād} ’one kid of goats’.

Root and etymology

ל־ח־ם🔊 lamed–chet–mem

“bread”

• 🔊 מִלְחָמָהmil-chā-māhbattleGenesis 14:2