1 Kings 14:8:61 Kgs.14.8.W6TAB
לָ֑ךְ
lakh
“to you”
- Transliteration
- LAKH
- Extended
- LAAKH
- IPA
- /laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
LAKH
- clause
va-ek-RA et-ha-mam-la-KHA mi-BET da-VID va-et-te-NE-ha LAKH
- sentence
va-ek-RA et-ha-mam-la-KHA mi-BET da-VID va-et-te-NE-ha LAKH ve-lo-ha-YI-ta ke-av-DI da-VID a-SHER sha-MAR mits-vo-TAI va-a-sher-ha-LAKH a-kha-RAI be-khol-le-va-VO la-a-SOT RAK ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAI
Exegesis
Two relative clauses introduced by ʾăšer šāmar {אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁמַ֨ר | ʾăšer šāmar} ‘who kept’ and waʾăšer hālaḵ {וַאֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֤ךְ | waʾăšer hālaḵ} ‘and who walked’ form a chiastic parallelism that underscores covenant fidelity.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ך
“to reign, rule”
In context — 1 Kings 14:8
And I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:8, so the Hebrew word לָ֑ךְ (lakh) 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 Kgs.14.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.8.W6.S1) and character.