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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-AM
- phraseyour reading level
le-AM se-gu-LA
- 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
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.