Numbers 28:2:7Num.28.2.W7TAB
לַחְמִ֜י
lakhmi
“my food”
- Transliteration
- lakh-MI
- Extended
- lakh-MEE
- IPA
- /laħˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my food
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
lakh-MI
- phraseyour reading level
ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI
- clause
ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
Exegesis
Parallel construct phrases korbani {קָרְבָּנִ֨י | qā-rā-bānî} ‘my offering’ and lakhmi {לַחְמִי | laḥ-mî} ‘my food’ emphasize divine possession.
In context — Numbers 28:2
Command the sons of Israel and say to them, “My offering, my food for my fire-offerings , my pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to bring near to me at its appointed time,” says the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 28:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 28:2, so the Hebrew word לַחְמִ֜י (lakhmi) 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.28.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.28.2.W7.S1) and character.