1 Chronicles 21:11:81 Chr.21.11.W8TAB
קַבֶּל־לָֽךְ׃
kabellakh
“accept for yourself”
- Transliteration
- ka-BEL-LAKH
- Extended
- kah-BEHL-LAAKH
- IPA
- /qabˈbɛl.laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- accept for yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-BEL-LAKH
- clause
va-yo-MER LO ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH ka-BEL-LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-BO GAD el-da-VID va-yo-MER LO ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH ka-BEL-LAKH
Exegesis
The command qabbel-lakh {קַבֶּל־לָךְ | qabbēl-lāk} ‘receive for yourself’ is a concise imperative that, in context, calls David to accept or select the option that will follow; the attached second-person element makes the decision explicitly personal and unavoidable.
Root and etymology
q-b-lqof–bet–lamed
“to receive, accept”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:11
Then Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Choose for yourself.’”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 21:11, so the Hebrew word קַבֶּל־לָֽךְ׃ (kabellakh) 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.21.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.11.W8.S1) and character.