Deuteronomy 9:12:20Deut.9.12.W20PAT
לָהֶ֖ם
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEHM
- IPA
- /laˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves
- French
- pour eux-mêmes
- Spanish
- para sí mismos
- Portuguese
- para si mesmos
- German
- für sich
- Russian
- для себя
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأنفسهم
- Hindi
- अपने लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给自己
- Korean
- 자신들을 위해
- Indonesian
- untuk diri mereka sendiri
- Bengali
- নিজেদের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa kanilang sarili
- Swahili
- kwa ajili yao wenyewe
- Amharic
- ለራሳቸው
- Yoruba
- fún ara wọn
- Igbo
- maka onwe ha
- Twi
- ma wɔn ho
- Ewe
- na wo ŋutɔwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU la-HEM
- clause
sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI KOOM RED ma-HER miz-ZEH KI shi-KHET am-me-KHA a-SHER ho-tse-TA mi-mits-RA-yim sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA
In context — Deuteronomy 9:12
LORD said to me arise go down quickly from here for your people whom you brought out from Egypt has acted corruptly turned aside quickly from the way which you commanded them made for themselves a cast image
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 9:12:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Deuteronomy 9:12, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֖ם (lahem) 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.9.12.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.9.12.W20.S1) and character.