Judges 19:2:9Judg.19.2.W9TAB
לֶ֖חֶם
lekhem
“Bethlehem {lit. house of bread}”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Bethlehem {lit. house of bread}
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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Word in context
- word
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
el-BET LE-khem
- clause
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
Two construct-state chains—el-bêt {אֶל־בֵּ֣ית | ʾel-bêt} + ʼābîhā {אָבִיהָ | ʾābîhā} ‘to the house of her father’, and el-bêt {אֶל־בֵּ֥ית | ʾel-bêt} + leḥem {לֶ֖חֶם | leḥem} + yehūdāh {יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehūdāh} ‘to Bethlehem of Judah’—express both familial and geographic destination.
Root and etymology
Rootb-y-t
“house”
In context — Judges 19:2
And his concubine acted unfaithfully against him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, where she remained for four months.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 19:2, 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.19.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.2.W9.S1) and character.