1 Samuel 22:13:121 Sam.22.13.W12TAB
לֶ֣חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛħɛm/
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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Word in context
- word
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khem ve-KHE-rev
- clause
be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer E-lav e-LAV sha-UL LA-ma ke-shar-TEM a-LAI a-TA u-ven-yish-TAI be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
In context — 1 Samuel 22:13
And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, by giving him bread and a sword and by inquiring of God for him, so that he rises up against me to lie in ambush as on this very day?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 22:13, 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.22.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.13.W12.S1) and character.