Judges 19:5:14Judg.19.5.W14TAB
פַּת־לֶ֖חֶם
patlekhem
“a piece of bread”
- Transliteration
- pat-LE-khem
- Extended
- paht-LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /patˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a piece of bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
pat-LE-khem
- clause
va-yo-MER a-VI ha-na-a-RA el-kha-ta-NO se-AD lib-be-KHA pat-LE-khem ve-a-KHAR te-le-KHU
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-re-vi-I va-yash-ki-MU ba-BO-ker va-ya-KAM la-LE-khet va-yo-MER a-VI ha-na-a-RA el-kha-ta-NO se-AD lib-be-KHA pat-LE-khem ve-a-KHAR te-le-KHU
Exegesis
The shift to direct speech via vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ leads into the imperative seʿad {סְעָד | sə-ʿād} ‘support’ governing libekha {לִבְּךָ | li-bĕ-ḵā} ‘your heart’, and the noun phrase pat-lechem {פַּת־לֶחֶם | pat-lĕ-ḥem} ‘a piece of bread’. The repeated conjunction vav unifies narrative stages, while the move to a second-person command adds immediacy. English rendering preserves this progression through linked clauses and a clear imperative.
Root and etymology
Rootp-t-t
“crumb, piece”
In context — Judges 19:5
And it happened on the fourth day, and they got up early in the morning, and he rose to depart, and the father of the young woman said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go .”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 19:5, so the Hebrew word פַּת־לֶ֖חֶם (patlekhem) 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.19.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.5.W14.S1) and character.