1 Chronicles 17:22:41 Chr.17.22.W4TAB
לְךָ֛
lekha
“to you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
et-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL le-KHA
- clause
va-tit-TEN et-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL le-KHA le-AM ad-o-LAM
- sentence
va-tit-TEN et-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL le-KHA le-AM ad-o-LAM ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH ha-YI-ta la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The construct phrase amkha Yisrael {עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿam-mə-kha yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘Your people Israel’ denotes membership, reinforced by the prepositional lekha {לְךָ | lə-khā} ‘to You’.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed, kaph, he
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:22
And You gave Israel, Your people, to Yourself as an enduring people, and You, LORD , have become their God .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 17:22, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֛ (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.17.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.22.W4.S1) and character.