Exodus 12:21:9Exod.12.21.W9PAT
לָכֶ֥ם
lakhem
“for yourselves”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- lah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /laː.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for yourselves
- French
- pour vous-mêmes
- Spanish
- para vosotros
- Portuguese
- para vós mesmos
- German
- für euch selbst
- Russian
- для себя
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ
- Hindi
- अपने लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为你们自己
- Korean
- 너희 자신을 위하여
- Indonesian
- bagi kalian sendiri
- Bengali
- তোমাদের নিজেদের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa inyong sarili
- Swahili
- kwa ajili yenu wenyewe
- Amharic
- ለራሳችሁ
- Yoruba
- fún ara yín
- Igbo
- maka onwe unu
- Twi
- mma mo ho
- Ewe
- na mia ŋutɔwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-ke-KHU la-KHEM TSON
- clause
mish-KHU u-ke-KHU la-KHEM TSON le-mish-pe-kho-tei-KHEM ve-sha-kha-TU ha-PA-sakh
- sentence
va-yik-RA mo-SHEH le-khol-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER a-le-HEM mish-KHU u-ke-KHU la-KHEM TSON le-mish-pe-kho-tei-KHEM ve-sha-kha-TU ha-PA-sakh
In context — Exodus 12:21
and called Moses to all the elders of Israel and said to them draw out and take for yourselves small livestock for your families and slaughter the Passover
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 12:21, so the Hebrew word לָכֶ֥ם (lakhem) 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.12.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.21.W9.S1) and character.