Genesis 17:12:4Gen.17.12.W4TAB
לָכֶ֛ם
lakhem
“among you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- lah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /laː.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
yim-MOL la-KHEM
- clause
u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM
- sentence
u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef mi-KOL ben-ne-KHAR a-SHER LO mi-zar-a-KHA HU
Exegesis
The indirect object lakhem {לָכֶם | lā-ḵem} ‘for you’ locates the obligation within the covenant community.
In context — Genesis 17:12
Every male among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, throughout your generations—whether he is born in the household or bought with money from a foreigner who is not of your descendants .
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:12, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֛ם (lakhem) 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.17.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.12.W4.S1) and character.