1 Kings 16:19:91 Kgs.16.19.W9TAB

לָלֶ֙כֶת֙

lalekhet

to walk

Transliteration
la-le-KHET
Extended
laa-leh-KHEHt
IPA
/laː.lɛˈxɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
to walk

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לָ + לֶ֙ + כֶת֙
la + le + khet
lalekhet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-le-KHET

  2. clause

    la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The parallel infinitive clause lalechet bederekh Yarov‘am {לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם | lā-le-kheṭ bᵉ-de-reḵ yā-rā-və-ʿām} ‘to walk in the way of Jeroboam’ supplies historical analogy.

In context1 Kings 16:19

Because of his sins which he sinned by doing evil in the eyes of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 16:19, so the Hebrew word לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ (lalekhet) 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.16.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.19.W9.S1) and character.