לֶחֶם֒

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֶחֶם֒

   LE-khem

   bread
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבִפְת֣וֹתֵי לֶחֶם֒

   u-vif-to-TE LE-khem

   and for pieces of bread
3. clause🔊 וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה אֹתִ֜י אֶל־עַמִּ֗י בְּשַׁעֲלֵ֣י שְׂעֹרִים֮ וּבִפְת֣וֹתֵי לֶחֶם֒ לְהָמִ֤ית נְפָשׁוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־תְמוּתֶ֔נָה וּלְחַיּ֥וֹת נְפָשׁ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־תִֽחְיֶ֑ינָה

   vat-te-kha-lel-NA o-TI el-am-MI be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM u-vif-to-TE LE-khem le-ha-MIT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-te-mu-TE-na u-le-kha-YOT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-ti-khe-YE-na

   and you profaned me to my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread to put to death souls which not should die and to keep alive souls which not should live
4. sentence🔊 וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה אֹתִ֜י אֶל־עַמִּ֗י בְּשַׁעֲלֵ֣י שְׂעֹרִים֮ וּבִפְת֣וֹתֵי לֶחֶם֒ לְהָמִ֤ית נְפָשׁוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־תְמוּתֶ֔נָה וּלְחַיּ֥וֹת נְפָשׁ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־תִֽחְיֶ֑ינָה בְּכַ֨זֶּבְכֶ֔ם לְעַמִּ֖י שֹׁמְעֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃

   vat-te-kha-lel-NA o-TI el-am-MI be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM u-vif-to-TE LE-khem le-ha-MIT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-te-mu-TE-na u-le-kha-YOT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-ti-khe-YE-na be-khaz-zev-KHEM le-am-MI sho-me-E kha-ZAV

   and you profaned me to my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread to put to death souls which not should die and to keep alive souls which not should live by your lying to my people listening to a lie

Exegesis

The phrases bǝšaʿālê šǝʿôrîm {בְּשַׁעֲלֵי שְׂעֹרִים | bə-šaʿ-ă-lê šə-ʿō-rîm} ‘for handfuls of barley’ and ū-bǝp̄tōṯê le-ḥem {וּבִפְת֣וֹתֵי לֶחֶם | ū-ḇi(p̄)-ṯō-ṯê le-ḥem} ‘and for pieces of bread’ employ parallel preposition+construct chains highlighting token bribes.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ל־ח־םl-ḥ-m

“bread”

• 🔊 לַחְמִיla-ḥmîmy breadGenesis 47:17