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

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Result
לָ + כֶ֥ם
la + khem
lakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-ke-KHU la-KHEM TSON

  3. clause

    mish-KHU u-ke-KHU la-KHEM TSON le-mish-pe-kho-tei-KHEM ve-sha-kha-TU ha-PA-sakh

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.