Leviticus 23:14:1Lev.23.14.W1TAB
וְלֶחֶם֩
velekhem
“and bread”
- Transliteration
- ve-LE-khem
- Extended
- veh-LEH-khem
- IPA
- /vəˈlɛxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL
- clause
ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL LO to-akh-LU ad-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH AD ha-vi-a-KHEM et-kor-BAN e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL LO to-akh-LU ad-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH AD ha-vi-a-KHEM et-kor-BAN e-lo-HE-khem khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TE-khem be-KHOL mo-shvo-TE-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with a triadic series linked by conjunction vav, listing the prohibited items velechem {וְלֶחֶם֩ | wə-lé-ḥê-m} ‘bread’, veqali {וְקָלִ֨י | wə-qā-lî} ‘roasted grain’, and vekarmel {וְכַרְמֶ֜ל | wə-kha-rə-mél} ‘fresh grain’ as cumulative objects of the prohibition.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed-het-mem
“bread, food”
In context — Leviticus 23:14
You shall not eat bread or roasted grain or fresh grain until this very day, until you present the offering to your God . It is a lasting statute for your generations in all your dwelling places.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:14, so the Hebrew word וְלֶחֶם֩ (velekhem) 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.23.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.14.W1.S1) and character.