1 Chronicles 17:21:141 Chr.17.21.W14TAB
לְךָ֙
lekha
“for you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
- phraseyour reading level
la-SUM le-KHA
- clause
a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM
- sentence
u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM
Exegesis
The complementary infinitive lā-śūm lə-ḵâ šēm {לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם | lā-śūm lə-ḵâ šēm} ‘to make for You a name’ expresses purpose, while the merism gĕ-dû-lō-ṯ wə-nō-rā-’ōṯ {גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת | gĕ-dû-lō-ṯ wə-nō-rā-’ōṯ} ‘great and awesome deeds’ emphasizes divine power.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed, kaph, he
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:21
And who is like Your people Israel, one nation on earth, for whom God went to redeem for Himself a people, and to make for You a name through great and awesome deeds , driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt, from among the nations?
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Chronicles 17:21, 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.17.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.21.W14.S1) and character.