2 Kings 17:10:22 Kgs.17.10.W2TAB
לָהֶ֛ם
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves
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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Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM
- clause
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM AL kol-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kol-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The reflexive pronoun in lāhem {לָהֶם | lāhem} ‘for themselves’ highlights intentional cultic practice.
In context — 2 Kings 17:10
And they set up for themselves standing-stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֛ם (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 Kgs.17.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.10.W2.S1) and character.