Joshua 18:3:13Josh.18.3.W13TAB
לָכֶ֔ם
lakhem
“to you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- lah-KHEM
- IPA
- /laˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
na-TAN la-KHEM
- clause
ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
Exegesis
Asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾăšer} ‘which’ introduces a relative clause featuring natan {נָתַן | nāṯān} ‘he gave’, with lachem {לָכֶ֔ם | lāḵem} ‘to you’ marking recipients.
In context — Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you be slack to go in to possess the land which the LORD the God of your fathers has given you?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 18:3, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֔ם (lakhem) 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 Josh.18.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.3.W13.S1) and character.