Exodus 32:8:7Exod.32.8.W7TAB
לָהֶ֔ם
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEM
- IPA
- /laˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU la-HEM
- clause
sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-VI-tim a-SU la-HEM E-gel ma-se-KHA
- sentence
sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-VI-tim a-SU la-HEM E-gel ma-se-KHA va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO va-yiz-be-khu-LO va-yom-RU E-le e-lo-HE-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER he-eh-LU-kha me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 32:8
They have quickly turned aside from the path which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a calf, a molten image , bowed down to it and sacrificed to it, and said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 32:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 32:8, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֔ם (lahem) 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.32.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.32.8.W7.S1) and character.