Genesis 6:2:9Gen.6.2.W9PAT
לָהֶם֙
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEM
- IPA
- /laː.ˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves
- French
- pour eux-mêmes
- Spanish
- para sí
- Portuguese
- para si
- German
- für sich
- Russian
- себе
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ
- Hindi
- अपने लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给自己
- Korean
- 자기들을 위하여
- Indonesian
- bagi diri mereka
- Bengali
- নিজেদের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa kanilang sarili
- Swahili
- kwa ajili yao wenyewe
- Amharic
- ለራሳቸው
- Yoruba
- fún ara wọn
- Igbo
- maka onwe ha
- Twi
- maa wɔn ho
- Ewe
- na wo ɖokuiwo
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KHU la-HEM
- clause
va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU
- sentence
va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU
In context — Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind that beautiful they took for themselves wives from all whom chose
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 6:2, so the Hebrew word לָהֶם֙ (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.6.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.2.W9.S1) and character.