Ezekiel 20:5:15Ezek.20.5.W15TAB
לָהֶ֖ם
lahem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /lɑːˈhɛm/
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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Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-i-va-DA la-HEM
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-e-SA ya-DI la-HEM le-MOR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The phrase vaivvada lahem {וָאִוָּדַע לָהֶם | wā-ʾiwwā-ḏaʿ lā-hem} ‘and I was made known to them’, anchored by be’eretz Mitzrayim {בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם | bə-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim}, denotes divine revelation.
In context — Ezekiel 20:5
And you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD : On the day I chose Israel and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I lifted up my hand to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God.’”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 20:5, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֖ם (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.20.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.5.W15.S1) and character.