Genesis 6:2:9Gen.6.2.W9TAB
לָהֶם֙
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEM
- IPA
- /laː.ˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves
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-yik-KHU la-HEM
- clause
va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU
- sentence
va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU
Exegesis
The consecutive wayyiqtol vayikhu {וַיִּקְחוּ | wayyiqḥû} ‘and they took’ signals the resultant action, and the reflexive lahem {לָהֶם | lā-hem} ‘for themselves’ underscores volitional self-interest.
In context — Genesis 6:2
Then the sons of God noticed that the daughters of mankind were beautiful , and they took for themselves wives from any whom they chose.
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 6:2, so the Hebrew word לָהֶם֙ (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 Gen.6.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.2.W9.S1) and character.