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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Result
לֶ֤ + חֶם
le + khem
lekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    LE-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LE-khem la-KHATS

  3. clause

    ve-ha-a-khi-LU-hu LE-khem la-KHATS u-ma-YIM la-KHATS AD shu-VI be-sha-LOM

  4. 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 context2 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.