Leviticus 22:25:5Lev.22.25.W5TAB
אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם
etlekhem
“the bread of”
- Transliteration
- et-LE-khem
- Extended
- eht-LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the bread of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM
- clause
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR LO tak-REE-VOO et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM mik-KOL-EH-leh
- sentence
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR LO tak-REE-VOO et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM mik-KOL-EH-leh KI mash-kha-TAM ba-HEM MOOM BAM LO ye-ra-TSU la-KHEM
Exegesis
The negative lo {לֹ֥א | lō} precedes the Hiphil imperfect takrivu {תַקְרִ֛יבוּ | taqrīḇū} ‘you shall bring near/offer,’ and the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces lechem {לֶ֥חֶם | leḥem} ‘bread/food.’
Root and etymology
Lamed-Ḥet-Memlamed-chet-mem
“bread, food, offering”
In context — Leviticus 22:25
And from the hand of a foreigner you shall not bring the bread of your God from any of these, for their corruption is in them; a defect is in them, and they will not be accepted for you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 22:25, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם (etlekhem) 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.22.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.25.W5.S1) and character.