Leviticus 23:20:5Lev.23.20.W5TAB
לֶ֨חֶם
lekhem
“bread of”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA
- clause
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM
- sentence
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM KO-desh yih-YU la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases al lehem habbikkurim {עַל לֶחֶם הַבִּכּוּרִים | ʿal-leḥem habbikkûrîm} ‘with the bread of the firstfruits’ and al-shenei kevasim {עַל־שְׁנֵ֖י כְּבָשִׂ֑ים | ʿal-šenê ke-ḇā-šîm} ‘with the two lambs’ specify the materials of the offering.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed-het-mem
“bread, food”
In context — Leviticus 23:20
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits, with the two lambs, before the LORD as a wave offering. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:20, so the Hebrew word לֶ֨חֶם (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.23.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.20.W5.S1) and character.