Leviticus 21:6:13Lev.21.6.W13TAB
הֵ֥ם
hem
“they”
- Transliteration
- HEM
- Extended
- HEHM
- IPA
- /ˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- they
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
HEM
- phraseyour reading level
HEM mak-ri-VIM
- 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 beneficiary phrase lĕ-ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem {לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם | lĕ-ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘to their God’ marks the object of consecration.
The construct chain šēm ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem {שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | šēm ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘name of their God’ highlights divine reputation.
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’.
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 21:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 21:6, so the Hebrew word הֵ֥ם (hem) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.6.W13.S1) and character.