Deuteronomy 23:4:5Deut.23.4.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:5
בַּלֶּחֶם
balekhem
“with bread”
- Transliteration
- ba-LE-khem
- Extended
- bah-LEH-khem
- IPA
- /balˈlɛχɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with bread
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ba-LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim
- sentence
al-de-VAR a-SHER lo-kid-MU et-KHEM ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim ba-DE-rekh be-tse-TE-khem mi-mits-RA-yim va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional objects ba-lechem {בַּלֶּחֶם | balleḥem} ‘with the bread’ and uva-mayim {וּבַמַּיִם | uvamayim} ‘and with the water’ specify provisions.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–ḥet–mem
“bread, sustenance”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:4
On account of the matter that they did not come to meet you with bread and with water on the journey when you came out from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam , son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharayim, to curse you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 23:4, so the Hebrew word בַּלֶּחֶם (balekhem) 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.23.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.4.W5.S1) and character.