1 Kings 18:38:101 Kgs.18.38.W10TAB
לִחֵֽכָה׃
likhekha
“it licked up”
- Transliteration
- li-KHE-kha
- Extended
- lih-KHEE-khaa
- IPA
- /liˈħeːχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it licked up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
li-KHE-kha
- clause
ve-et-ha-MA-yim a-SHER-ba-te-a-LA li-KHE-kha
- sentence
va-tip-POL ESH-Ye-ho-VAH va-TO-khal et-ha-o-LA ve-et-ha-e-TSIM ve-et-ha-a-va-NIM ve-et-he-a-FAR ve-et-ha-MA-yim a-SHER-ba-te-a-LA li-KHE-kha
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-battealah {אֲשֶׁר־בַּתְּעָלָה | ʾă-šer-bat-te-ʿā-lāh} localizes the action in the trench, and the perfect verb likhekhah {לִחֵכָה | li-ḥê-kā(h)} conveys vivid imagery of water being licked up. In English, word order is adjusted for clarity while preserving the dramatic cumulative progression of the Hebrew.
In context — 1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:38:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:38, so the Hebrew word לִחֵֽכָה׃ (likhekha) 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.18.38.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.38.W10.S1) and character.