Numbers 20:10:13Num.20.10.W13TAB
לָכֶ֖ם
lakhem
“for you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- lah-KHEM
- IPA
- /laˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
no-TZI la-KHEM
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
- sentence
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect notzi {נוֹצִ֥יא | nōṣîʾ} ‘shall we bring forth’ portrays a causative action, while lakhem {לָכֶ֖ם | lāḵem} ‘for you’ marks the beneficiary.
In context — Numbers 20:10
Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 20:10, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֖ם (lakhem) 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.20.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.10.W13.S1) and character.