Numbers 21:5:12Num.21.5.W12TAB
לֶ֙חֶם֙
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- le-KHEM
- Extended
- LEH-khem
- IPA
- /ˈlɛħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
KI EIN le-KHEM
- clause
KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} “for” leads into two existential clauses using ʾên {אֵין | ʾên}: first with lēḥem {לֶחֶם | lē-ḥem} “bread” and then with mā-yim {מַיִם | mā-yim} “water,” reinforcing lack.
Root and etymology
Rootl-ḥ-m
“bread, food”
In context — Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread , and there is no water; and our soul is weary of this worthless bread.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 21:5, so the Hebrew word לֶ֙חֶם֙ (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 Num.21.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.5.W12.S1) and character.