2 Samuel 23:14:82 Sam.23.14.W8TAB
לָֽחֶם׃
lakhem
“Bread {Bethlehem}”
- Transliteration
- LA-khem
- Extended
- LAA-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlaːħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Bread {Bethlehem}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
LA-khem
- phraseyour reading level
BET LA-khem
- clause
u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM AZ BET LA-khem
- sentence
ve-da-VID AZ ba-me-tsu-DA u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM AZ BET LA-khem
Exegesis
A second az {אָז | ’āz} ‘then’ reiterates the temporal setting before the toponym beit lachem {בֵּית לָֽחֶם | bêṯ lā-ḥem} ‘house-of-bread.’ The balanced structure and repeated temporal markers frame the strategic standoff between David and the Philistine force.
Root and etymology
ב־י־תb–y–t
“house of bread”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:14
And David was then in the stronghold , and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 23:14, so the Hebrew word לָֽחֶם׃ (lakhem) 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.23.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.14.W8.S1) and character.