Proverbs 25:21:4Prov.25.21.W4TAB
לָ֑חֶם
lakhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LA-khem
- Extended
- LAA-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlaː.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
LA-khem
- clause
IM-RA-ev so-NA-kha ha-a-khi-LE-hu LA-khem
- sentence
IM-RA-ev so-NA-kha ha-a-khi-LE-hu LA-khem ve-IM-tsa-ME ha-she-KE-hu MA-yim
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperatives haakhilehu {הַאֲכִלֵההוּ | haʼăkhīlêhu} and hashkehu {הַשְׁקֵההוּ | haškēhu} convey causative commands to provide the direct objects lechem {לָחֶם | lāḥem} ‘bread’ and mayim {מָיִם | māyim} ‘water’. This mirror structure (if A, imperative B) forms a balanced parallelism that intensifies the ethical demand for radical kindness toward adversaries.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–ḥet–mem
“bread, food”
In context — Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread, and if he is thirsty , give him water to drink.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 25:21, so the Hebrew word לָ֑חֶם (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 Prov.25.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.21.W4.S1) and character.