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

Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    LE-khem O-ni

  2. clause

    LO-to-a-KHAL a-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT LE-khem O-ni

  3. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.