1 Samuel 17:15:101 Sam.17.15.W10TAB
לָֽחֶם׃
lakhem
“Bethlehem”
- Transliteration
- LA-khem
- Extended
- LAA-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlaːħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Bethlehem
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
BET LA-khem
- clause
lir-OT et-TSON a-VIV BET LA-khem
- sentence
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL lir-OT et-TSON a-VIV BET LA-khem
Exegesis
Finally, beyt lachem {בֵּית לָחֶם | bêṯ la-ḥem} ‘Bethlehem’ provides a locative anchor in David’s ancestral town. The iterative action is rendered as “would go and return” in the formal and “kept traveling back” in the dynamic, while the purpose infinitive appears as “to tend” and “to care for,” preserving clause relationships.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-m
“bread, food”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:15
But David would go and return from Saul to tend the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 17:15, 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 Sam.17.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.15.W10.S1) and character.