Exodus 16:22:5Exod.16.22.W5TAB
לֶ֙חֶם֙
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
lak-TU LE-khem
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-shi-SHI lak-TU LE-khem mish-NEH she-NEE ha-O-mer la-e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-shi-SHI lak-TU LE-khem mish-NEH she-NEE ha-O-mer la-e-KHAD va-ya-VO-u kol-ne-si-EE ha-eh-DAH va-ya-GI-du le-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The construct chain lechem mishneh {לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֶה | le-ḥem miš-neh} ‘bread double’ indicates an enhanced allotment, with shenei haomer laechad {שְׁנֵי הָעֹמֶר לָאֶחָד | šə-nê hā-ʿō-mer lā-ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘two omers for each one’ specifying distribution.
Root and etymology
“to eat, consume”
In context — Exodus 16:22
On the sixth day they gathered twice the usual portion of bread—two omers for each person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 16:22, so the Hebrew word לֶ֙חֶם֙ (lekhem) 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 Exod.16.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.22.W5.S1) and character.