Jeremiah 16:7:2Jer.16.7.W2TAB
לָהֶ֛ם
lahem
“for them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM
- clause
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM al-E-vel le-na-kha-MO al-MET
- sentence
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM al-E-vel le-na-kha-MO al-MET ve-LO-yash-KU o-TAM KOS tan-khu-MIM al-a-VIV ve-al-I-mo
In context — Jeremiah 16:7
No one will break bread for them in mourning to comfort him for the dead, and no one will give him the cup of consolations to drink for his father or his mother.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֛ם (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 Jer.16.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.7.W2.S1) and character.