Genesis 11:29:4Gen.11.29.W4PAT

לָהֶ֖ם

lahem

for themselves

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

Meaning by language

English
for themselves
French
pour eux-mêmes
Spanish
para sí
Portuguese
para si
German
für sich
Russian
для себя
Arabic-Simplified
لأنفسهما
Hindi
अपने लिये
Chinese-Simplified
为自己
Korean
자기들을 위하여
Indonesian
bagi diri mereka
Bengali
নিজেদের জন্য
Tagalog
para sa kanilang sarili
Swahili
kwa ajili yao wenyewe
Amharic
ለራሳቸው
Yoruba
fun ara wọn
Igbo
maka onwe ha
Twi
maa wɔn ho
Ewe
na wo ŋutɔwo

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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. clause

    va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR la-HEM na-SHIM

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR la-HEM na-SHIM SHEM e-shet-av-RAM sa-RAI ve-SHEM e-shet-na-KHOR mil-KAH bat-ha-RAN a-vi-mil-KAH va-a-VI yi-se-KAH

In contextGenesis 11:29

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves name of wife of Abram Sarai and name of wife of Nahor Milcah daughter of Haran father of Milcah and father of Iscah

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 11:29, 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 Gen.11.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.29.W4.S1) and character.