Proverbs 4:17:2Prov.4.17.W2TAB
לָ֭חֲמוּ
lakhamu
“they eat”
- Transliteration
- la-KHA-mu
- Extended
- laa-KHAH-moo
- IPA
- /laːħăˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they eat
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
la-KHA-mu
- clause
KI la-KHA-mu LE-khem RE-sha
- sentence
KI la-KHA-mu LE-khem RE-sha ve-YEN kha-ma-SIM yish-TU
Exegesis
The parallel Qal perfect lāḥămū {לָחֲמוּ | lā-ḥă-mū} ‘they ate’ and Qal imperfect yištû {יִשְׁתּוּ | yi-štû} ‘they drink’ establish a poetic couplet expressing habitual action.
In context — Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness , and drink the wine of violence .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 4:17, so the Hebrew word לָ֭חֲמוּ (lakhamu) 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.4.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.17.W2.S1) and character.