Exodus 23:13:3Exod.23.13.W3TAB

אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם

alekhem

to you

Transliteration
a-LE-khem
Extended
ah-LEH-khehm
IPA
/ʔăˈleː.xɛm/

Meaning by language

English
to you

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֲ + לֵי + כֶ֖ם
a + le + khem
alekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
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

    a-LE-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER-a-MAR-ti a-LE-khem

  3. clause

    u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-MAR-ti a-LE-khem ti-sha-ME-ru

  4. sentence

    u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-MAR-ti a-LE-khem ti-sha-ME-ru ve-SHEM e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM LO taz-KI-ru LO yi-sha-MA al-PI-kha

Exegesis

The qal perfect ʾāmarṯî {אָמַרְתִּי | ʾāmarṯî} ‘I have spoken’ indicates completed divine proclamation to ʾălēyḵem {אֲלֵיכֶם | ʾălēyḵem} ‘to you’.

In contextExodus 23:13

And in everything that I have spoken to you, you must guard against mentioning the names of other gods ; they must not be heard on your lips.

About this coordinate

Exodus 23:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:13, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם (alekhem) 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.23.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.13.W3.S1) and character.