Hosea 13:2:5Hos.13.2.W5TAB
לָהֶ֗ם
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
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-ya-A-SU la-HEM
- clause
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
Exegesis
The resumptive kullah lahem {כֻּלָּהּ לָהֶם | kul-lāh lā-hem} reiterates ownership by the people.
In context — Hosea 13:2
And now they keep adding to sin , and they make for themselves a cast image from their silver, according to their own design—idols, all of it the work of craftsmen . They say, “Let those who sacrifice humans kiss calves.”
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Hosea 13:2, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֗ם (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 Hos.13.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.2.W5.S1) and character.