Exodus 39:36:4Exod.39.36.W4TAB
לֶ֥חֶם
lekhem
“bread of”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread of
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 ha-pa-NIM
- sentence
et-hash-shul-KHAN et-kol-ke-LAV ve-ET LE-khem ha-pa-NIM
Exegesis
Then ve-et {וְאֵ֖ת | wə-ʾēṯ} ‘and’ introduces lechem ha-panim {לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים׃ | le-ḥem hap-pā-nîm} ‘bread of the Presence’. Hebrew omits an explicit verb, relying on context for an action like ‘place’. In English, the direct object markers are omitted and the conjunction and appears only before the final item to reflect English idiom.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“to eat”
In context — Exodus 39:36
The table, all its utensils , and the bread of the Presence.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 39:36, so the Hebrew word לֶ֥חֶם (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.39.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.36.W4.S1) and character.