Judges 14:12:5Judg.14.12.W5TAB

לָכֶ֖ם

lakhem

to you

Transliteration
la-KHEM
Extended
laa-KHEHM
IPA
/laːˈxɛm/

Meaning by language

English
to you

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Result
לָ + כֶ֖ם
la + khem
lakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM khi-DA

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM khi-DA im-ha-GED ta-GI-du o-TA LI shiv-AT ye-ME ham-mish-TE u-me-tsa-TEM ve-na-TAT-ti la-KHEM she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM

In contextJudges 14:12

And Samson said to them, “Let me set before you a riddle . If you can truly explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and solve it, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.”

About this coordinate

Judges 14:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 14:12, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֖ם (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 Judg.14.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.12.W5.S1) and character.