2 Chronicles 18:26:102 Chr.18.26.W10TAB
לֶ֤חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
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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 la-KHATS
- clause
ve-ha-a-khi-LU-hu LE-khem la-KHATS u-ma-YIM la-KHATS AD shu-VI be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-a-mar-TEM KO a-MAR ha-ME-lekh si-MU ZE BET ha-KE-le ve-ha-a-khi-LU-hu LE-khem la-KHATS u-ma-YIM la-KHATS AD shu-VI be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperative vehaʾachiluhu {וְהַאֲכִלֻהוּ | wə-hăʾăḵîlûhû} ‘and cause him to eat’ commands provision of lechem laḥaṣ {לֶחֶם לַחַץ | leḥem laḥaṣ} ‘bread of affliction’ and ū-mayim laḥaṣ {וּמַיִם לַחַץ | û-mayim laḥaṣ} ‘and water of affliction’, highlighting subsistence under duress.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:26
And you shall say, “Thus says the king : ‘Place this one in the prison house and feed him bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace .’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 18:26, so the Hebrew word לֶ֤חֶם (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 2 Chr.18.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.26.W10.S1) and character.