2 Kings 17:32:52 Kgs.17.32.W5TAB
לָהֶ֤ם
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-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM
- clause
va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM ko-ha-NEI va-MOT va-yih-YU o-SIM la-HEM be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
- sentence
va-yih-YU ye-re-IM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM ko-ha-NEI va-MOT va-yih-YU o-SIM la-HEM be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
In context — 2 Kings 17:32
They feared the LORD , but they also made for themselves from among themselves priests of the high places, and they continually offered sacrifices for them in the house of the high places .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:32, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֤ם (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.17.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.32.W5.S1) and character.