1 Kings 17:4:61 Kgs.17.4.W6TAB
לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖
lekhalkelkha
“to provide for you or to feed you”
- Transliteration
- le-khal-kel-KHA
- Extended
- leh-khahl-kehl-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləxal.kelˈxɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to provide for you or to feed you
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 | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-khal-kel-KHA
- clause
ve-ET-ha-or-VIM tsi-vi-TI le-khal-kel-KHA SHAM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA me-ha-NA-khal tish-TE ve-ET-ha-or-VIM tsi-vi-TI le-khal-kel-KHA SHAM
Exegesis
The infinitive lekalkelkha {לְכַלְכְּלְךָ | lə-ḵal-qel-kha} ‘to sustain you’ expresses purpose.
Root and etymology
kaf–lamed–kaf–lamed
“provide, sustain”
In context — 1 Kings 17:4
And it will be that you will drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 17:4, so the Hebrew word לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ (lekhalkelkha) 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.17.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.4.W6.S1) and character.