Ezekiel 20:25:3Ezek.20.25.W3TAB
לָהֶ֔ם
lahem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
na-TA-ti la-HEM
- clause
ve-GAM-a-NI na-TA-ti la-HEM khu-KIM LO to-VIM
- sentence
ve-GAM-a-NI na-TA-ti la-HEM khu-KIM LO to-VIM u-mish-PA-tim LO yikh-YU va-HEM
Exegesis
The direct object lahem {לָהֶם | lā-hem} marks the recipients.
In context — Ezekiel 20:25
And I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they would not live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:25, 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 Ezek.20.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.25.W3.S1) and character.