Ezekiel 22:28:8Ezek.22.28.W8TAB
לָהֶ֖ם
lahem
“for them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
ve-kos-me-MIM la-HEM
- clause
u-ne-vi-e-HA TA-khu la-HEM ta-FEL kho-ZIM SHA-ve ve-kos-me-MIM la-HEM ka-ZAV
- sentence
u-ne-vi-e-HA TA-khu la-HEM ta-FEL kho-ZIM SHA-ve ve-kos-me-MIM la-HEM ka-ZAV o-me-RIM KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI va-ye-ho-VAH LO di-BER
Exegesis
The verb tachu {טָח֤וּ | ṭā-ḥû} ‘they have daubed’ governs the noun tapel {תָּפֵ֔ל | tā-p̄ēl} ‘whitewash’ with the prepositional phrase lahem {לָהֶם֙ | lā-hem} ‘for them’, portraying concealment of wrongdoing.
In context — Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets have covered them with whitewash, seeing vanity and practicing divination, saying, “Thus says the Lord GOD ,” though the LORD has not spoken.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 22:28, 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.22.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.28.W8.S1) and character.