Daniel 1:5:2Dan.1.5.W2TAB

לָהֶ֨ם

lahem

to them

Transliteration
la-HEM
Extended
laa-HEHM
IPA
/laːˈhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
to them

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Result
לָ + הֶ֨ם
la + hem
lahem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-MAN la-HEM ham-ME-lekh

  3. clause

    va-ye-MAN la-HEM ham-ME-lekh de-var-YOM be-yo-MO mi-PAT-BAG ham-ME-lekh u-mi-YEN mish-TAV u-le-gad-de-LAM sha-NIM sha-LOSH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-MAN la-HEM ham-ME-lekh de-var-YOM be-yo-MO mi-PAT-BAG ham-ME-lekh u-mi-YEN mish-TAV u-le-gad-de-LAM sha-NIM sha-LOSH u-mik-tsa-TAM ya-a-med-DU lif-NE ham-ME-lekh

Exegesis

The preposition lahem {לָהֶ֨ם | lāhem} marks the beneficiaries.

In contextDaniel 1:5

And the king set for them a daily portion from the king’s food and from the wine of his drinking, and appointed that they be raised for three years; and at the end of those years they would stand before the king.

About this coordinate

Daniel 1:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 1:5, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֨ם (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 Dan.1.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.5.W2.S1) and character.