Daniel 5:1:4Dan.5.1.W4TAB
לְחֶ֣ם
lekhem
“feast”
- Transliteration
- le-KHEM
- Extended
- leh-KHEM
- IPA
- /ləˈħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- feast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
le-KHEM RAV
- clause
bel-sha-TSAR mal-KA a-VAD le-KHEM RAV le-rav-re-va-NO-hi a-LEF
- sentence
bel-sha-TSAR mal-KA a-VAD le-KHEM RAV le-rav-re-va-NO-hi a-LEF ve-la-ko-VEL al-PA kham-RA sha-TE
Exegesis
The perfect verb avad {עֲבַד | ʿăḇaḏ} ‘he made’ governs the direct object lechem rav {לְחֶם רַב | leḥem rav} ‘a great feast.’
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–het–mem
“food”
In context — Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he drank wine .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 5:1, so the Hebrew word לְחֶ֣ם (lekhem) 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.5.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.1.W4.S1) and character.