Jeremiah 20:6:17Jer.20.6.W17TAB
לָהֶ֖ם
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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ni-BE-ta la-HEM
- clause
u-va-VEL ta-VO ve-SHAM ta-MUT ve-SHAM ti-ka-VER a-TA ve-KHOL-o-ha-VE-kha a-sher-ni-BE-ta la-HEM ba-sha-KER
- sentence
ve-a-TA pash-khur ve-KHOL yo-she-VE be-TE-kha te-le-KHU ba-she-VI u-va-VEL ta-VO ve-SHAM ta-MUT ve-SHAM ti-ka-VER a-TA ve-KHOL-o-ha-VE-kha a-sher-ni-BE-ta la-HEM ba-sha-KER
Exegesis
The relative clause asher nibbeta lahem ba-sheker {אֲשֶׁר־נִבֵּאתָ לָהֶם בַּשָּׁקֶר | ʾă-šer nib-bē-ʾā lā-hem baš-šā-qer} underscores the communal fault of false prophecy. The English rendering rearranges Hebrew verb-second clauses into subject-verb-object order while preserving rhetorical force and judgment tone.
In context — Jeremiah 20:6
And you, Pashhur, and all the inhabitants of your house will go into captivity, and to Babylon you will go; and there you will die and be buried, you and all your friends , to whom you have prophesied lies .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 20:6, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֖ם (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.20.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.6.W17.S1) and character.