Ruth 1:19:9Ruth.1.19.W9PAT
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
- خبز
- Hindi
- रोटी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 面包
- Korean
- 빵
- Indonesian
- roti
- Bengali
- রুটি
- Tagalog
- tinapay
- Swahili
- mkate
- Amharic
- እንጀራ
- Yoruba
- burẹdi
- Igbo
- achịcha
- Twi
- brode
- Ewe
- burodi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
BET LE-khem
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-vo-AH-na BET LE-khem va-te-HOM kol-ha-IR a-le-HEHn va-to-mer-NAA ha-ZOT na-o-MI
- sentence
va-te-LAKH-na shtay-HEM ad-bo-AH-na BET LA-khem va-ye-HI ke-vo-AH-na BET LE-khem va-te-HOM kol-ha-IR a-le-HEHn va-to-mer-NAA ha-ZOT na-o-MI
In context — Ruth 1:19
{They} went the two of them until their coming house of bread {And} it happened as they came house of bread {And} was stirred the whole city because of them {And} they said is this Naomi
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ruth 1:19, 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 Ruth.1.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.19.W9.S1) and character.