1 Kings 18:8:41 Kgs.18.8.W4TAB
לֵ֛ךְ
lekh
“go”
- Transliteration
- LEKH
- Extended
- LEHKH
- 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 e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO A-ni LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The independent pronoun ani {אָנִי | ʾă-nî} ‘I’ intensifies the speaker’s self-identification before issuing two successive imperatives lekh {לֵךְ | lē-ḵ} ‘go’ + emor {אֱמֹר | ʾĕ-mōr} ‘say’, preserving the dual-command structure of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
ה־ל־ך
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 18:8
And he said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your lord , ‘Behold , Elijah is here.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:8, 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.18.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.8.W4.S1) and character.