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

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Result
לָ + כֶ֛ם
la + khem
lakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-NI-khu la-KHEM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.