Numbers 15:19:3Num.15.19.W3TAB
מִלֶּ֣חֶם
milekhem
“from the bread”
- Transliteration
- mi-LE-khem
- Extended
- mih-LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /milˈlɛχɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mi-LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
mi-LE-khem ha-A-retz
- clause
ve-ha-YA ba-a-khal-KHEM mi-LE-khem ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-a-khal-KHEM mi-LE-khem ha-A-retz ta-ri-MU te-ru-MA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The preposition min in millechem {מִלֶּחֶם | mil-le-ḥem} marks the source “from bread,” and ha’aretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-’ā-reṣ} with the definite article specifies the land.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed-chet-mem
“bread, food”
In context — Numbers 15:19
And it shall be, when you eat from the bread of the land, that you shall lift up an offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:19, so the Hebrew word מִלֶּ֣חֶם (milekhem) 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 Num.15.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.19.W3.S1) and character.