Exodus 16:23:20Exod.16.23.W20TAB
לָכֶ֛ם
lakhem
“for you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- lah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /laˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-NI-khu la-KHEM
- clause
ET a-sher-to-FU e-FU ve-ET a-sher-te-va-she-LU ba-SHE-lu ve-ET kol-ha-o-DEF ha-NI-khu la-KHEM le-mish-ME-ret ad-ha-BO-ker
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM HU a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH sha-ba-TON sha-bat-KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR ET a-sher-to-FU e-FU ve-ET a-sher-te-va-she-LU ba-SHE-lu ve-ET kol-ha-o-DEF ha-NI-khu la-KHEM le-mish-ME-ret ad-ha-BO-ker
Exegesis
The final clause ve-ʾēt kāl-hā-ʿō-dēp̄ han-nî-ḥû lā-ḵem lə-miš-me-ret ʿad-hab-bō-qer {וְאֵת כָּל־הָעֹדֵף הַנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד־הַבֹּקֶר | wə-ʾēt kāl-hā-ʿō-dēp̄ han-nî-ḥû lā-ḵem lə-miš-me-ret ʿad-hab-bō-qer} employs the participle ha-odef as object of han-nî-ḥû, with beneficiary (lā-ḵem), purpose (lə-miš-me-ret), and duration (ʿad-hab-bō-qer) specified by prepositional phrases. English adds conjunctions and auxiliary verbs to preserve Hebrew parallelism and clarify relationships.
In context — Exodus 16:23
And he said to them, “This is what the LORD has declared: ‘Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake, and boil what you will boil; and all the surplus, set it aside for your safekeeping until morning.’”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:23:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Exodus 16:23, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֛ם (lakhem) 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.16.23.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.23.W20.S1) and character.