Judges 19:18:13Judg.19.18.W13TAB
לֶ֖חֶם
lekhem
“Beth-lehem”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Beth-lehem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
ad-BEIT LE-khem
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta
Exegesis
The phrase mibbeit-lechem Yəhūdāh {מִבֵּית־לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה | mibēyt-ləḥem Yəhūdāh} ‘from Bethlehem in Judah’ marks the origin in a source-path-goal sequence, continued by ’ad-yarkəṯê har-’Ep̄rāyim {עַד־יַרְכְּתֵי הַר־אֶפְרַיִם | ’ad-yarkəṯê har-’Ep̄rāyim} ‘to the remotest parts of the hill country of Ephraim.’
Root and etymology
Rootb-y-t
“house”
In context — Judges 19:18
And he said to him, “We are passing through from Bethlehem in Judah to the remotest parts of the hill country of Ephraim. From there I came and went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD , but there is no one to receive me into his house.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 19:18, so the Hebrew word לֶ֖חֶם (lekhem) 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.19.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.18.W13.S1) and character.