Joshua 21:11:2Josh.21.11.W2TAB
לָהֶ֜ם
lahem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEHM
- IPA
- /laˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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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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Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-NU la-HEM
- clause
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
Exegesis
The dative clitic lahem {לָהֶ֜ם | lāhem} marks the recipients, tying back to the Levites’ grant.
In context — Joshua 21:11
And they gave to them the city of Arba, father of the Anak , which is Hebron in the hill country of Judah, and its pasturelands around it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:11, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֜ם (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 Josh.21.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.11.W2.S1) and character.