2 Samuel 5:3:72 Sam.5.3.W7TAB
לָהֶם֩
lahem
“for them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT
- clause
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yim-she-KHU et-da-VID le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional object lāhem bərîṯ {לָהֶם בְּרִית | lāhem bərîṯ} ‘for them covenant’ receives the action.
In context — 2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them there in Hebron before the LORD , and they anointed David as king over Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 5:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 5:3, so the Hebrew word לָהֶם֩ (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 Sam.5.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.5.3.W7.S1) and character.