Proverbs 28:3:8Prov.28.3.W8TAB
לָֽחֶם׃
lakhem
“bread or food”
- Transliteration
- LA-khem
- Extended
- LAA-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlaː.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread or food
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN LA-khem
- clause
ma-TAR so-KHEF ve-EN LA-khem
- sentence
GE-ver RASH ve-o-SHEK da-LIM ma-TAR so-KHEF ve-EN LA-khem
Exegesis
The existential veein lechem {וְאֵין לָחֶם | wə-ʾên lā-ḥēm} ‘and there is not bread’ presents the catastrophic result. The use of participles in both phrases emphasizes ongoing action and moral force, and the concise parallelism aligns human injustice with destructive natural forces.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–het–mem
“bread, food”
In context — Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a rainstorm that sweeps away and leaves no bread .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 28:3, so the Hebrew word לָֽחֶם׃ (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.28.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.3.W8.S1) and character.