Leviticus 14:34:8Lev.14.34.W8TAB
לָכֶ֖ם
lakhem
“to you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- lah-KHEM
- IPA
- /laː.ˈxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
no-TEN la-KHEM
- clause
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA
- sentence
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA ve-na-ta-TI NE-ga tsa-RA-at be-VEET E-rets a-khu-ZAT-khem
Exegesis
The Qal participle nōtên {נֹתֵ֥ן | nōṯēn} ‘giving’ with the dative lāḵem {לָכֶם | lā-ḵem} ‘to you’ and the substantive la-ʼăḥûzah {לַאֲחֻזָּה | la-ʼăḥûzah} ‘possession’ conveys allocation of inheritance.
In context — Leviticus 14:34
When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you as a possession , and I put an affliction of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession;
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 14:34, 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 Lev.14.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.34.W8.S1) and character.