Leviticus 21:6:11Lev.21.6.W11TAB
לֶ֧חֶם
lekhem
“the bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the bread
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khem e-lo-HEH-hem
- clause
KEE et-ih-SHEE Ye-ho-VAH LE-khem e-lo-HEH-hem HEM mak-ri-VIM veh-ha-YOO KO-desh
- sentence
ke-do-SHIM yih-YOO leh-eh-lo-HEH-hem ve-LO yeh-khal-LEH-loo SHEM e-lo-HEH-hem KEE et-ih-SHEE Ye-ho-VAH LE-khem e-lo-HEH-hem HEM mak-ri-VIM veh-ha-YOO KO-desh
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the rationale clause, where the direct object marker ʾet in ʾet-îšêi yĕ-hō-wāh {אֶת־אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה | ʾet-îšêi yĕ-hō-wāh} ‘fire-offerings of the LORD’ signals emphasis, paralleled by lē-ḥem ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem {לֶחֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | lē-ḥem ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘bread of their God’.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed-chet-mem
“bread, food”
In context — Leviticus 21:6
They shall be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they offer the fire-offerings of the LORD—the bread of their God—they shall be holy.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 21:6, so the Hebrew word לֶ֧חֶם (lekhem) 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.21.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.6.W11.S1) and character.