1 Samuel 21:6:141 Sam.21.6.W14TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:7
לֶ֣חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khem KHOM
- clause
la-SUM LE-khem KHOM be-YOM hil-lak-KHO
- sentence
va-yit-TEN-LO ha-ko-HEN KO-desh KI LO-ha-YA SHAM LE-khem KI-im-LE-khem ha-pa-NIM ha-mu-sa-RIM mi-lif-NE ye-ho-VAH la-SUM LE-khem KHOM be-YOM hil-lak-KHO
Exegesis
The existential clause ʾên lāhem leḥem {אֵין לָהֶם לֶחֶם | ʾên lā·hem le·ḥem} ‘there was no bread for them’ is followed by the locative ba-māqom ʾaḥer zeh {בַּמָּקוֹם אֲחֵר זֶה | ba-mā·qôm ʾaḥer zeh} ‘in that other place’, specifying lack of provisions.
Raq leḥem ha-pānim {רַק לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים | raq le·ḥem ha-pā·nim} ‘except the bread of the presence’ refers to the showbread arranged before the sanctuary.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-ml-ḥ-m
“bread, sustenance”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:6
And the priest gave him the holy bread , for there was no bread for them in that place except the bread of the presence , which was removed to put hot bread in its place on the day it was taken away.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 21:6, so the Hebrew word לֶ֣חֶם (lekhem) 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.21.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.6.W14.S1) and character.