2 Samuel 16:2:112 Sam.16.2.W11TAB
ולהלחם
velelekhem
“and to fight”
- Transliteration
- ve-le-le-KHEM
- Extended
- veh-leh-leh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /vəlɛlɛˈħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to fight
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-le-le-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-le-le-KHEM ve-hal-LE-khem ve-ha-ka-YITS
- clause
va-YO-mer tsi-VA ha-kha-mo-RIM le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh lir-KHOV ve-le-le-KHEM ve-hal-LE-khem ve-ha-ka-YITS le-e-KHOL han-ne-a-RIM ve-ha-ya-YIN lish-TE-ot ha-ya-EF ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsi-va ma-E-le LAKH va-YO-mer tsi-VA ha-kha-mo-RIM le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh lir-KHOV ve-le-le-KHEM ve-hal-LE-khem ve-ha-ka-YITS le-e-KHOL han-ne-a-RIM ve-ha-ya-YIN lish-TE-ot ha-ya-EF ba-mid-BAR
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-chet-mem
“bread, food”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Ziba, “What are these to you?” And Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the house of the king to ride, and the bread and the summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the weary to drink in the wilderness.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word ולהלחם (velelekhem) 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 Sam.16.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.2.W11.S1) and character.