Ruth 1:4:2Ruth.1.4.W2PAT
לָהֶ֗ם
lahem
“for themselves”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for themselves
- French
- pour eux-mêmes
- Spanish
- para sí mismos
- Portuguese
- para si mesmos
- German
- für sich selbst
- Russian
- для себя
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأنفسهم
- Hindi
- अपने लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给自己
- Korean
- 자기들을 위하여
- Indonesian
- bagi diri mereka sendiri
- Bengali
- নিজেদের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa kanilang sarili
- Swahili
- kwa ajili yao wenyewe
- Amharic
- ለራሳቸው
- Yoruba
- fún ara wọn
- Igbo
- maka onwe ha
- Twi
- ma wɔn ho
- Ewe
- na wo ŋutɔwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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-yis-OO la-HEM
- clause
va-yis-OO la-HEM na-SHIM mo-ah-viy-YOT SHEM ha-a-KHAT or-PAA ve-SHEM ha-she-NEET RUT
- sentence
va-yis-OO la-HEM na-SHIM mo-ah-viy-YOT SHEM ha-a-KHAT or-PAA ve-SHEM ha-she-NEET RUT va-YEH-sheh-VOO SHAM khe-EH-ser shah-NEEM
In context — Ruth 1:4
they took for themselves Moabite wives name of the one Orpah and name of the second Ruth they lived there about ten years
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ruth 1:4, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֗ם (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 Ruth.1.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.4.W2.S1) and character.