Deuteronomy 16:3:8Deut.16.3.W8TAB
לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי
lekhem oni
“bread of affliction”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem O-ni
- Extended
- LEH-khem OH-nee
- IPA
- /ˈlɛxɛm ʕoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread of affliction
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
LE-khem O-ni
- clause
LO-to-a-KHAL a-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT LE-khem O-ni
- sentence
LO-to-a-KHAL a-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT LE-khem O-ni KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-TKH-a me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA
Exegesis
The construct lechem ʿō·nî {לֶחֶם עֹנִי | le·ḥem ʿō·nî} ‘bread of affliction’ underscores the memorial of hardship.
Root and etymology
ʿ-n-hayin–nun–heh
“affliction”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:3
You shall not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction . For in haste you went out from the land of Egypt, so that you may remember the day of your coming out from the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 16:3, so the Hebrew word לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי (lekhem oni) 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 Deut.16.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.3.W8.S1) and character.