Job 15:23:3Job.15.23.W3TAB
לַלֶּ֣חֶם
lallekhem
“for the bread”
- Transliteration
- lal-LE-khem
- Extended
- lahl-LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /lalˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
lal-LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
HU lal-LE-khem a-YE
- clause
no-DED HU lal-LE-khem a-YE
- sentence
no-DED HU lal-LE-khem a-YE ya-DA ki-na-KHON be-ya-DO YOM-kho-SHE-akh
Exegesis
The abrupt, elliptical question lalekhem ayyeh {לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה | la-le-ḥem ’ay-yeh} ‘for bread—where?’ conveys desperation through compressed syntax.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“food, bread”
In context — Job 15:23
He wanders for bread , saying, “Where is it?” He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand .
About this coordinate
Job 15:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:23, so the Hebrew word לַלֶּ֣חֶם (lallekhem) 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 Job.15.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.23.W3.S1) and character.