Genesis 14:18:5Gen.14.18.W5TAB
לֶ֣חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
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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 va-YA-yin
- clause
u-mal-ki-TSE-dek ME-lekh sha-LEM ho-TSI LE-khem va-YA-yin
- sentence
u-mal-ki-TSE-dek ME-lekh sha-LEM ho-TSI LE-khem va-YA-yin ve-HU kho-HEN le-EL el-YON
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect hotsi accompanied by the coordinated objects lechem vayayyin {הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן | hō-ṣîʾ le-ḥem wā-yā-yin} conveys a deliberate act of bringing out provisions of “bread and wine.”
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-m
“to eat, to provide food”
In context — Genesis 14:18
And Melchizedek, king of Salem, presented bread and wine; he ministered as priest of God Most High .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 14:18, so the Hebrew word לֶ֣חֶם (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 Gen.14.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.18.W5.S1) and character.