Exodus 18:12:13Exod.18.12.W13TAB
לֶאֱכָל־לֶ֛חֶם
leehkhollekhem
“to eat bread”
- Transliteration
- le-eh-khol-LE-khem
- Extended
- leh-eh-khohl-LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /le.ʔɛ.xɔlˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to eat bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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-eh-khol-LE-khem
- clause
va-ya-VO a-ha-RON ve-KHOL zik-NEI yis-ra-EL le-eh-khol-LE-khem im-kho-TEN mo-SHE lif-NEI ha-eh-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHE oh-LA oo-ze-va-KHIM leh-eh-lo-HIM va-ya-VO a-ha-RON ve-KHOL zik-NEI yis-ra-EL le-eh-khol-LE-khem im-kho-TEN mo-SHE lif-NEI ha-eh-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The infinitive leekhol lechem {לֶאֱכָל־לֶ֛חֶם | leʾeḵol leḥem} functions as purpose ‘to eat bread’.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-chet-mem
“bread, food”
In context — Exodus 18:12
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took a burnt offering and sacrifices to God , and Aaron came along with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 18:12, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכָל־לֶ֛חֶם (leehkhollekhem) 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.18.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.12.W13.S1) and character.