Deuteronomy 14:2:12Deut.14.2.W12PAT

לְעַ֣ם

leam

for a people

Transliteration
le-AM
Extended
leh-AHM
IPA
/lə.ˈʕam/

Meaning by language

English
for a people
French
pour un peuple
Spanish
para un pueblo
Portuguese
para um povo
German
für ein Volk
Russian
для народа
Arabic-Simplified
لشعب
Hindi
एक जाति के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
为一个民族
Korean
한 민족을 위하여
Indonesian
untuk suatu bangsa
Bengali
একটি জাতির জন্য
Tagalog
para sa isang bayan
Swahili
kwa watu
Amharic
ለአንድ ሕዝብ
Yoruba
fún àwọn ènìyàn
Igbo
maka otu ndị mmadụ
Twi
ma ɔman bi
Ewe
le dukɔ ɖeka

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + עַ֣ם
le + am
leam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-AM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-AM se-gu-LA

  3. clause

    u-ve-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH lih-YOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mih-KOL ha-a-mi-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA

  4. sentence

    KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha u-ve-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH lih-YOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mih-KOL ha-a-mi-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA

In contextDeuteronomy 14:2

for you a people holy to the LORD your God LORD has chosen and in you to be to him for a people treasured possession from all the peoples who on the face of the earth

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 14:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 14:2, so the Hebrew word לְעַ֣ם (leam) 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 Deut.14.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.2.W12.S1) and character.