2 Chronicles 28:13:22 Chr.28.13.W2TAB
לָהֶ֗ם
lahem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu ki-rab-BA ash-MA LA-nu va-kha-RON AF al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayomru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wa·yō·mə·rû} introducing reported speech, followed by the indirect object lahem {לָהֶם | lā·hem}.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:13
And they said to them, “You shall not bring the captives here, for guilt before the LORD is upon us. You are proposing to increase our sins and our guilt, for great is the guilt upon us, and wrath and anger is upon Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 28:13, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֗ם (lahem) 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.28.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.13.W2.S1) and character.