Leviticus 18:2:5Lev.18.2.W5TAB
אֲלֵהֶ֑ם
ahlehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- ah-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔă.le.ˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ah-le-HEM
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL veh-ah-mar-TAH ah-le-HEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL veh-ah-mar-TAH ah-le-HEM ah-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase alehem {אֲלֵהֶ֑ם | ʾa-le-hem} ‘to them’ clarifies the recipients.
In context — Leviticus 18:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “I am the LORD your God .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:2, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵהֶ֑ם (ahlehem) 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.18.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.2.W5.S1) and character.