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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
la-le-KHET
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.