1 Kings 18:12:31 Kgs.18.12.W3TAB
אֵלֵ֣ךְ
elekh
“I will go”
- Transliteration
- e-LEKH
- Extended
- eh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will go
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
e-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH
- clause
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:12
And it will happen that when I go from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know. And if I come to tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But your servant has feared the LORD from my youth .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word אֵלֵ֣ךְ (elekh) 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.18.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.12.W3.S1) and character.