Hosea 2:13:7Hos.2.13.W7TABWLC Hosea 2:15
לָהֶ֔ם
lahem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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
a-SHER tak-TIR la-HEM
- clause
u-fa-KAD-ti a-LE-ha et-ye-ME hab-be-a-LIM a-SHER tak-TIR la-HEM va-ta-AD niz-MA ve-khel-ya-TA va-TE-lekh a-kha-RE me-a-ha-VE-ha ve-o-TI shakh-KHA
- sentence
u-fa-KAD-ti a-LE-ha et-ye-ME hab-be-a-LIM a-SHER tak-TIR la-HEM va-ta-AD niz-MA ve-khel-ya-TA va-TE-lekh a-kha-RE me-a-ha-VE-ha ve-o-TI shakh-KHA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} launches a defining clause describing those days, beginning with taqtir lahem {תַּקְטִ֣יר לָהֶ֔ם | taq-tîr lā-hem} to portray habitual offerings directed to them. A coordinated chain of wayyiqtol verbs (vattaad …
In context — Hosea 2:13
And I will punish her for the days of the Baals, when she burned incense to them and adorned herself with her nose ring and her jewelry; and she went after her lovers, but forgot Me, declares the LORD .
About this coordinate
Hosea 2:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Hosea 2:13, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֔ם (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.2.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.2.13.W7.S1) and character.