Leviticus 19:23:12Lev.19.23.W12TAB

לָכֶ֛ם

lakhem

for you

Transliteration
la-KHEM
Extended
lah-KHEHM
IPA
/laˈxem/

Meaning by language

English
for you

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Result
לָ + כֶ֛ם
la + khem
lakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yih-YE la-KHEM

  3. clause

    sha-LOSH sha-NEEM yih-YE la-KHEM a-re-LIM LO ye-a-KHEL

  4. sentence

    ve-KHI-ta-VO-u el-ha-A-rets oo-neh-ta-TEM kol-ETS ma-a-KHAL va-a-ral-TEM or-la-TO et-pir-YO sha-LOSH sha-NEEM yih-YE la-KHEM a-re-LIM LO ye-a-KHEL

Exegesis

The temporal clause shalosh shanim yihyeh lachem {שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים יִהְיֶה לָכֶם | šā-lōš šā-nîm yih-yĕ-h lā-khem} uses cardinal number + noun + Qal imperfect to denote a fixed duration.

In contextLeviticus 19:23

And when you come into the land and plant every tree for food, you shall regard its fruit as uncircumcised ; for three years it shall be uncircumcised to you, and it shall not be eaten .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 19:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 19:23, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֛ם (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.19.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.23.W12.S1) and character.