1 Kings 20:6:171 Kgs.20.6.W17TAB
וְלָקָֽחוּ׃
velakhu
“and they will take”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-KHU
- Extended
- veh-laa-KHOO
- IPA
- /vəlaːˈquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-KHU
- clause
ve-ha-YA kol-makh-MAD e-NE-kha ya-SI-mu be-ya-DAM ve-la-KHU
- sentence
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha ve-ha-YA kol-makh-MAD e-NE-kha ya-SI-mu be-ya-DAM ve-la-KHU
Exegesis
The final wə-lāqaḥû {וְלָקָחוּ | wə-lāqaḥû} ‘and they will take’ completes the irrevocable act.
In context — 1 Kings 20:6
Nevertheless, about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. And everything precious in your eyes they will place in their hand and carry it away.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word וְלָקָֽחוּ׃ (velakhu) 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.20.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.6.W17.S1) and character.