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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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.