1 Chronicles 17:21:81 Chr.17.21.W8TAB
הָלַ֨ךְ
halakh
“he went”
- Transliteration
- ha-LAKH
- Extended
- haa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /haːˈlaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he went
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM
- 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
A relative clause begins with ’ăšer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm {אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | ’ă-šer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘whom the God went’, followed by the infinitive liṯ-pə-ḏōṯ {לִפְדּ֧וֹת | liṯ-pə-ḏō-ṯ} ‘to redeem’ and lōw ʿām {לוֹ עָם | lōw ʿām} ‘for Himself a people’, attributing divine initiative.
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 17:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 17:21, so the Hebrew word הָלַ֨ךְ (halakh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.21.W8.S1) and character.