1 Samuel 17:9:61 Sam.17.9.W6TAB
לָכֶ֖ם
lakhem
“to you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- laa-KHEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈχɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YI-nu la-KHEM
- clause
im-yu-KHAL le-hil-la-KHEM i-TI ve-hik-KA-ni ve-ha-YI-nu la-KHEM la-a-va-DIM
- sentence
im-yu-KHAL le-hil-la-KHEM i-TI ve-hik-KA-ni ve-ha-YI-nu la-KHEM la-a-va-DIM ve-im-a-NI u-KHAL-LO ve-hik-KI-ti-v vi-he-YI-tem la-NU la-a-va-DIM va-a-vad-TEM o-TA-nu
Exegesis
The apodosis vehayinu la-khem laʿăvadîm {וְהָיִינוּ לָכֶם לַעֲבָדִים | wə-hay-yî-nû lā-ḵem la-ʿă-vā-dîm} ‘we will be your servants’ uses Qal perfect to assert consequence.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:9
If he can engage me in battle and strike me down, then we will be your servants ; but if I prevail against him and strike him down, then you will be our servants and serve us.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:9, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֖ם (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.17.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.9.W6.S1) and character.