Ruth 4:11:22Ruth.4.11.W22PAT
לָֽחֶם׃
lakhem
“Bethlehem”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- laa-KHEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Bethlehem
- French
- Bethléem
- Spanish
- Belén
- Portuguese
- Belém
- German
- Bethlehem
- Russian
- Вифлееме
- Arabic-Simplified
- بيت لحم
- Hindi
- बेतलेहेम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 伯利恒
- Korean
- 베들레헴
- Indonesian
- Betlehem
- Bengali
- বেত্লেহেম
- Tagalog
- Bethlehem
- Swahili
- Bethlehemu
- Amharic
- ቤተልሔም
- Yoruba
- Bẹtilẹhẹmu
- Igbo
- Betelehemu
- Twi
- Betlehem
- Ewe
- Betlehem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
be-VET la-KHEM
- clause
yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-i-SHA ha-ba-A el-BE-te-kha keh-ra-KHEL oo-kheh-le-A a-SHER ba-NU she-TE-hem et-BET yis-ra-EL va-a-SE-kha-YIL be-ef-ra-TA u-kra-SHEM be-VET la-KHEM
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru kol-ha-AM a-sher-ba-sha-AR ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM e-DIM yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-i-SHA ha-ba-A el-BE-te-kha keh-ra-KHEL oo-kheh-le-A a-SHER ba-NU she-TE-hem et-BET yis-ra-EL va-a-SE-kha-YIL be-ef-ra-TA u-kra-SHEM be-VET la-KHEM
In context — Ruth 4:11
said all the people who were at the gate and the elders witnesses give LORD the woman the one coming to your house like Rachel and like Leah who built together the house of Israel act worthily in Ephrathah call a name in the house of Bethlehem
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:11:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Ruth 4:11, 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 Ruth.4.11.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.11.W22.S1) and character.