1 Chronicles 18:8:51 Chr.18.8.W5TAB
לָקַ֥ח
lakakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- la-KAKH
- Extended
- laa-KAHKH
- IPA
- /laːˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
la-KAKH da-VID
- clause
u-mit-TIV-khat u-mik-KUN a-RE ha-dad-E-zer la-KAKH da-VID ne-KHO-shet rab-BA me-OD
- sentence
u-mit-TIV-khat u-mik-KUN a-RE ha-dad-E-zer la-KAKH da-VID ne-KHO-shet rab-BA me-OD BA a-SA she-lo-MO et-YAM han-ne-KHO-shet ve-et-ha-am-mu-DIM ve-ET ke-LE han-ne-KHO-shet
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb lakach {לָקַח | lā-qaḥ} ‘he took’ presents David {דָּוִד | dā-wîḏ} as the agent acquiring nechoshet {נְחֹשֶׁת | nə-ḥō-šeṯ} ‘bronze’, quantified by rabbah meod {רַבָּה מְאֹד | raḇ-bā mə-ʾōḏ} ‘very much’.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qoph–chet
“take, seize”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:8
And from Tivchat and from Kun, cities of Hadadezer, David took an abundance of bronze. With it, Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and the bronze vessels .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 18:8, so the Hebrew word לָקַ֥ח (lakakh) 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.18.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.8.W5.S1) and character.