Joshua 18:8:19Josh.18.8.W19TAB
לָכֶ֥ם
lakhem
“for you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- lah-KHEM
- IPA
- /laˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
ash-LIKH la-KHEM go-RAL
- clause
va-ye-TSA ye-ho-SHU-a ET-ha-hol-KHIM lik-TOV ET-ha-a-RETZ le-EMOR le-KHU ve-hit-hal-KHU va-a-RETZ ve-khit-VOO o-TAH ve-SHU-voo e-LAI u-PO ash-LIKH la-KHEM go-RAL lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-shi-LO
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu ha-a-na-SHIM va-ye-LE-khu va-ye-TSA ye-ho-SHU-a ET-ha-hol-KHIM lik-TOV ET-ha-a-RETZ le-EMOR le-KHU ve-hit-hal-KHU va-a-RETZ ve-khit-VOO o-TAH ve-SHU-voo e-LAI u-PO ash-LIKH la-KHEM go-RAL lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-shi-LO
In context — Joshua 18:8
The men rose and departed, and Joshua ordered the surveyors to map the land, saying, “Go and walk about in the land and record it, then return to me; I will then cast a lot for you before the LORD at Shiloh.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Joshua 18:8, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֥ם (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.18.8.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.8.W19.S1) and character.