Jeremiah 23:12:4Jer.23.12.W4TAB
לָהֶ֗ם
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
- clause
la-KHEN yih-ye dar-KAM la-HEM kha-kha-lak-la-KOT ba-a-fe-LA yid-da-KHU ve-na-FLU VAH
- sentence
la-KHEN yih-ye dar-KAM la-HEM kha-kha-lak-la-KOT ba-a-fe-LA yid-da-KHU ve-na-FLU VAH ki-a-VI a-le-HEM ra-A she-NAT pe-kud-da-TAM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause yihyeh darkam lahem {יִהְיֶה דַרְכָּם לָהֶם | yih-yeh dār-kām lā-hem} employs a Qal imperfect to assert certainty about the future state of ‘their way.’
In context — Jeremiah 23:12
Therefore their way will be to them like a slick path in the darkness; they will be driven on and will fall there, for I will bring calamity upon them—the year of their visitation , declares the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 23:12, 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 Jer.23.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.12.W4.S1) and character.