Exodus 16:29:12Exod.16.29.W12TAB
לֶ֣חֶם
lekhem
“bread for”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread for
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
LE-khem yo-MA-yim
- clause
re-U ki-ye-ho-VAH na-TAN la-KHEM ha-sha-BAT al-KEN HU no-TEN la-KHEM ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE LE-khem yo-MA-yim
- sentence
re-U ki-ye-ho-VAH na-TAN la-KHEM ha-sha-BAT al-KEN HU no-TEN la-KHEM ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE LE-khem yo-MA-yim she-VOO EESH takh-TAAV al-ye-TSE EESH mim-me-ko-MO ba-YOM ha-she-vi-EE
Exegesis
The temporal expression ba-yom ha-shishi {בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי | ba-yôm ha-šiš-šî} specifies timing, and the noun phrase lechem yomayim {לֶחֶם יוֹמָיִם | le-ḥem yô-mā-yim} ‘bread for two days’ denotes sufficient provision.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–heth–mem
“bread, food”
In context — Exodus 16:29
See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain, each person, in his place; do not let any person go out from his place on the seventh day.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 16:29, so the Hebrew word לֶ֣חֶם (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.16.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.29.W12.S1) and character.