Genesis 47:17:7Gen.47.17.W7PAT

לֶ֜חֶם

lekhem

bread

Transliteration
LE-khem
Extended
LEH-khem
IPA
/ˈlɛ.ħɛm/

Meaning by language

English
bread
French
pain
Spanish
pan
Portuguese
pão
German
Brot
Russian
хлеб
Arabic-Simplified
خُبْز
Hindi
रोटी
Chinese-Simplified
粮食
Korean
Indonesian
roti
Bengali
রুটি
Tagalog
tinapay
Swahili
mkate
Amharic
እንጀራ
Yoruba
burẹdi
Igbo
achịcha
Twi
brodo
Ewe
burodi

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Result
לֶ֜ + 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

    va-yi-TEN la-HEM yo-SEF LE-khem

  3. clause

    va-ya-VI-u et-mik-NEI-hem el-yo-SEF va-yi-TEN la-HEM yo-SEF LE-khem ba-su-SIM u-ve-mik-NE ha-TSON u-ve-mik-NE ha-ba-KAR u-va-kha-mo-RIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VI-u et-mik-NEI-hem el-yo-SEF va-yi-TEN la-HEM yo-SEF LE-khem ba-su-SIM u-ve-mik-NE ha-TSON u-ve-mik-NE ha-ba-KAR u-va-kha-mo-RIM va-ye-na-ha-LEM ba-LE-khem be-khol-mik-NE-hem ba-sha-NA ha-HI

In contextGenesis 47:17

{And} they brought their livestock to Joseph {He} gave to them Joseph bread for the horses and for livestock of the flock and for livestock of the cattle and for the donkeys He sustained them with the bread for all their livestock in the year that

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 47:17, so the Hebrew word לֶ֜חֶם (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.47.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.17.W7.S1) and character.