Leviticus 18:5:9Lev.18.5.W9TAB
בָּהֶ֑ם
bahem
“by them”
- Transliteration
- ba-HEM
- Extended
- bah-HEM
- IPA
- /baːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
wa-KHAI ba-HEM
- clause
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM
- sentence
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The instrumental prepositional phrase bahem {בָּהֶם | bā-hem} emphasizes reliance on these commands.
In context — Leviticus 18:5
And you shall keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a person does them, that person shall live by them. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 18:5, so the Hebrew word בָּהֶ֑ם (bahem) 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.18.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.5.W9.S1) and character.