Deuteronomy 26:18:6Deut.26.18.W6PAT

לְעַ֣ם

leam

for a people

Transliteration
le-AM
Extended
leh-AM
IPA
/lɛˈʕam/

Meaning by language

English
for a people
French
pour un peuple
Spanish
para un pueblo
Portuguese
para um povo
German
als ein Volk
Russian
как народ
Arabic-Simplified
كشعب
Hindi
एक प्रजा के रूप में
Chinese-Simplified
作为一个民族
Korean
한 민족으로
Indonesian
sebagai bangsa
Bengali
এক জাতি হিসেবে
Tagalog
bilang isang bayan
Swahili
kama taifa
Amharic
እንደ ሕዝብ
Yoruba
gẹ́gẹ́ bí ènìyàn
Igbo
dị ka otu ndị
Twi
sɛ ɔman bi
Ewe
abe dukɔ

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 seh-goo-LAH

  3. clause

    va-ye-ho-VAH heh-eh-meer-KHA ha-YOM lih-YOT lo le-AM seh-goo-LAH ka-a-SHER dib-ber-LAKH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-ho-VAH heh-eh-meer-KHA ha-YOM lih-YOT lo le-AM seh-goo-LAH ka-a-SHER dib-ber-LAKH ve-lish-MOR kol-mits-vo-TAV

In contextDeuteronomy 26:18

and the LORD has declared you today to be for him for a people treasured possession just as spoke to you and to keep all his commandments

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 26:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 26:18, 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.26.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.26.18.W6.S1) and character.