Genesis 47:15:12Gen.47.15.W12PAT
לֶ֔חֶם
lekhem
“bread”
- Transliteration
- LE-khem
- Extended
- LEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- bread
- French
- pain
- Spanish
- pan
- Portuguese
- pão
- German
- Brot
- Russian
- хлеб
- Arabic-Simplified
- خُبْزًا
- Hindi
- भोजन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 粮食
- Korean
- 양식
- Indonesian
- makanan
- Bengali
- খাদ্য
- Tagalog
- pagkain
- Swahili
- chakula
- Amharic
- እንጀራ
- Yoruba
- oúnjẹ
- Igbo
- nri
- Twi
- paanoo
- Ewe
- abolo
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
ha-va-LA-nu LE-khem
- clause
va-yit-TOM ha-KE-sef me-E-rets mits-RA-yim u-me-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u kol-mits-RA-yim el-yo-SEF le-MOR ha-va-LA-nu LE-khem ve-la-MA na-MUT neg-DE-kha
- sentence
va-yit-TOM ha-KE-sef me-E-rets mits-RA-yim u-me-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u kol-mits-RA-yim el-yo-SEF le-MOR ha-va-LA-nu LE-khem ve-la-MA na-MUT neg-DE-kha KI a-FES KA-sef
In context — Genesis 47:15
{And} came to an end the money from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan {And} came all Egypt to Joseph saying give us bread and why should we die before you for has run out money
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 47:15, so the Hebrew word לֶ֔חֶם (lekhem) 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.47.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.15.W12.S1) and character.