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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Result
לֶ֔ + חֶם
le + khem
lekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    LE-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-va-LA-nu LE-khem

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.