Genesis 17:8:14Gen.17.8.W14PAT

לָהֶ֖ם

lahem

their

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

Meaning by language

English
their
French
leur
Spanish
su
Portuguese
seu
German
ihr
Russian
им
Arabic-Simplified
لَهُمْ
Hindi
उनका
Chinese-Simplified
他们的
Korean
그들의
Indonesian
bagi mereka
Bengali
তাদের
Tagalog
sa kanila
Swahili
kwao
Amharic
ለእነርሱ
Yoruba
fun wọn
Igbo
nye ha
Twi
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

    ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM

  4. sentence

    ve-na-ta-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM

In contextGenesis 17:8

I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings all the land of Canaan for a possession for ever I will be their God

About this coordinate

Genesis 17:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 17:8, 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.17.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W14.S1) and character.