Genesis 19:18:3Gen.19.18.W3TAB
אֲלֵהֶ֑ם
alehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔă.leːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֲ + לֵ + הֶ֑ם
↓
a + le + hem
↓
alehem
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
a-le-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer LOT a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer LOT a-le-HEM al-NA a-do-NAI
Exegesis
The indirect object alehem {אֲלֵהֶ֑ם | ʾă-lê-hem} ‘to them’ identifies the addressees as the visitors.
In context — Genesis 19:18
Lot said to them, “No, my lords , please !”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:18, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵהֶ֑ם (alehem) 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.19.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.18.W3.S1) and character.