1 Kings 18:1:101 Kgs.18.1.W10TAB
לֵ֚ךְ
lekh
“go”
- Transliteration
- LEKH
- Extended
- LEEHKH
- IPA
- /ˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- go
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
LEKH
- clause
LEKH he-ra-E el-a-KHA-v ve-et-NA ma-TAR al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ya-MIM ra-BIM u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-e-LI-ya-hu ba-sha-NA ha-she-li-SHIT le-MOR LEKH he-ra-E el-a-KHA-v ve-et-NA ma-TAR al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
heraeh {לֵךְ … הֵרָאֵה | lēk … hērāʾēh} ‘Go … show yourself’ as authoritative commands.
Root and etymology
RootHeh–Lamed–Kaph
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 18:1
And after many days, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will give rain upon the surface of the land.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:1, so the Hebrew word לֵ֚ךְ (lekh) 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.18.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.1.W10.S1) and character.