1 Kings 18:14:41 Kgs.18.14.W4TAB
לֵ֛ךְ
lekh
“go”
- Transliteration
- LEKH
- Extended
- LEEKH
- 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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Word in context
- word
LEKH
- clause
ve-a-TA a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu va-ha-ra-GA-ni
Exegesis
The participle ʾōmêr {אֹמֵ֔ר | ʾō-mêr} functions as “are saying” in direct discourse, followed by two successive imperatives—lēḵ {לֵ֛ךְ | lē-ḵ} ‘go’ and ʾemor {אֱמֹ֥ר | ʾĕ-môr} ‘say’—forming a compound command.
Root and etymology
RootHeh–Lamed–Kaph
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 18:14
And now you say, "Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here,’ and he will kill me."
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word לֵ֛ךְ (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.18.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.14.W4.S1) and character.