1 Kings 17:3:41 Kgs.17.3.W4TAB
לְּךָ֖
lekha
“for yourself”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
u-fa-NI-ta le-KHA
- clause
LEKH miz-ZE u-fa-NI-ta le-KHA KED-ma
- sentence
LEKH miz-ZE u-fa-NI-ta le-KHA KED-ma ve-nis-tar-TA be-na-KHAL khe-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The verse presents a tripartite imperative sequence: lekh {לֵ֣ךְ | lē-ḵ} ‘go’, ūpānîṯā {וּפָנִ֥יתָ | ū-pā-nî-ṯā} ‘and turn’, wə-niśtartā {וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ | wə-niś-tar-tā} ‘and hide’.
The prepositional phrase mî-zeh {מִזֶּ֔ה | mî-zeh} ‘from here’ and the dative lə-ḵā {לְּךָ֖ | lə-ḵā} ‘for yourself’ specify origin and personal benefit.
Root and etymology
ה־ל־ך
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 17:3
Go from here and turn eastward for yourself, and hide in the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 17:3, so the Hebrew word לְּךָ֖ (lekha) 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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.3.W4.S1) and character.