Numbers 15:38:7Num.15.38.W7TAB
לָהֶ֥ם
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEM
- IPA
- /laˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM ve-nat-NU al-tsi-TSET ha-ka-NAF pe-TIL te-KHE-let
In context — Numbers 15:38
Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say: They shall make for themselves a tassel on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and they shall put upon the tassel of the corner a cord of blue.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:38:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 15:38, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֥ם (lahem) 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.15.38.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.38.W7.S1) and character.