Leviticus 21:1:9Lev.21.1.W9TAB
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
alehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔa.lɛˈhɛm/
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
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM le-NE-fesh lo-yi-ta-MA be-a-MAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh e-MOR el-ha-ko-ha-NIM be-NEI a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM le-NE-fesh lo-yi-ta-MA be-a-MAV
In context — Leviticus 21:1
And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: ‘For a dead person , a priest is not to defile himself among his people.’”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 21:1, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (alehem) 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.21.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.1.W9.S1) and character.