Deuteronomy 23:8:7Deut.23.8.W7TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:9

לָהֶם

lahem

for them

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

Meaning by language

English
for them

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Result
לָ + הֶם
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. sentence

    ba-NIM a-SHER-yi-va-LE-du la-HEM DOR she-li-SHI ya-VO la-HEM bik-HAL Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The prepositional lā-hem {לָהֶם | lā-hem} ‘to them’ links to the construct dôr še-lî-šî {דּוֹר שְּׁלִישִׁי | dôr še-lî-šî} ‘third generation,’ marking lineage timing.

In contextDeuteronomy 23:8

Children who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD in the third generation.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 23:8, so the Hebrew word לָהֶם (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 Deut.23.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.8.W7.S1) and character.