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
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
- clause
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR la-HEM na-SHIM
- 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 context — Genesis 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.