Genesis 48:7:20Gen.48.7.W20PAT

לָֽחֶם׃

lakhem

bread

Transliteration
LA-khem
Extended
LAA-khem
IPA
/ˈlaː.ħɛm/

Meaning by language

English
bread
French
pain
Spanish
pan
Portuguese
pão
German
Brotes
Russian
хлеба
Arabic-Simplified
خُبْزٍ
Hindi
रोटी का
Chinese-Simplified
饼的
Korean
빵의
Indonesian
roti
Bengali
রুটির
Tagalog
tinapay
Swahili
mkate
Amharic
የዳቦ
Yoruba
búrẹ́dì
Igbo
achịcha
Twi
paanoo
Ewe
abolo ƒe

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Result
לָֽ + חֶם׃
la + khem
lakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    LA-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BEIT LA-khem

  3. clause

    va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem

  4. sentence

    va-a-NI be-vo-I mi-pad-DAN me-TA a-LAI ra-KHEL be-E-rets ke-na-AN ba-DE-rekh be-OD kiv-rat-E-rets la-VO ef-ra-TA va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem

In contextGenesis 48:7

and I in my coming from Paddan died upon me Rachel in the land of Canaan on the way while still a stretch of land to reach Ephrath buried her there on the way to Ephrath that is house of bread

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:7:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Genesis 48:7, so the Hebrew word לָֽחֶם׃ (lakhem) 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.48.7.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.7.W20.S1) and character.