Exodus 16:3:14Exod.16.3.W14TAB
לֶ֖חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
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
be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem
- clause
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va
- sentence
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV
Exegesis
Temporal framing appears in the infinitive clauses beshivtenu {בְּשִׁבְתֵּנוּ | bə-šiv-tê-nû} and al-sir habasar {עַל־סִיר הַבָּשָׂר | ʿal-sîr ha-bā-śār}, ‘when we sat by the meat pot,’ and beokhleinu lechem lasova {בְּאָכְלֵנוּ לֶחֶם לָשֹׂבַע | bə-ʾā-ḵ-lê-nû le-ḥem lā-śō-ḇaʿ}, ‘when we ate bread to satiety’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mLamed–Heth–Mem
“bread, food”
In context — Exodus 16:3
And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pot of meat and ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us out into this wilderness to make this entire assembly die in famine.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 16:3, so the Hebrew word לֶ֖חֶם (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.16.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.3.W14.S1) and character.