1 Chronicles 16:18:21 Chr.16.18.W2TAB
לְךָ֙
lekha
“to you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- sentence
le-MOR le-KHA e-TEN E-rets-ke-NA-an KHE-vel na-kha-LAT-khem
Exegesis
Lekha {לְךָ | ləḵā} ‘to you’ marks the addressee in a prepositional phrase.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–lamed–khet
“to walk”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:18
Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 16:18, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֙ (lekha) 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 1 Chr.16.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.18.W2.S1) and character.