Exodus 1:21:6Exod.1.21.W6PAT

לָהֶ֖ם

lahem

for them

Transliteration
la-HEM
Extended
lah-HEHM
IPA
/laː.ˈhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
for them
French
pour eux
Spanish
para ellos
Portuguese
para eles
German
für sie
Russian
для них
Arabic-Simplified
لهم
Hindi
उनके लिये
Chinese-Simplified
为他们
Korean
그들을 위하여
Indonesian
bagi mereka
Bengali
তাদের জন্য
Tagalog
para sa kanila
Swahili
kwao
Amharic
ለእነርሱ
Yoruba
fun wọn
Igbo
maka ha
Twi
ma wɔn
Ewe
na wo

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Result
לָ + הֶ֖ם
la + hem
lahem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YA-as la-HEM

  3. clause

    va-YA-as la-HEM ba-TIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ki-ya-re-U ha-me-yal-le-DOT et-ha-e-lo-HIM va-YA-as la-HEM ba-TIM

In contextExodus 1:21

and it happened because they feared the midwives God and he made for them houses

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 1:21, 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 Exod.1.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.21.W6.S1) and character.