Numbers 20:8:14Num.20.8.W14TAB
לָהֶ֥ם
lahem
“for them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEM
- IPA
- /laˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- for them
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-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim
- clause
ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
- sentence
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
In context — Numbers 20:8
Take the staff and assemble the congregation—you and Aaron your brother—and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will release its water. You shall bring water out for them from the rock and provide the congregation and their livestock water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 20:8, 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.20.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W14.S1) and character.