לָקְק֤וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָקְק֤וּ

   la-ke-KU

   licked up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֨ר לָקְק֤וּ הַכְּלָבִים֙

   a-SHER la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM

   where licked up the dogs
3. clause🔊 וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בִּמְק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר לָקְק֤וּ הַכְּלָבִים֙ אֶת־דַּ֣ם נָב֔וֹת יָלֹ֧קּוּ הַכְּלָבִ֛ים אֶת־דָּמְךָ֖ גַּם־אָֽתָּה׃

   ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bim-KOM a-SHER la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-DAM na-VOT ya-lo-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-da-me-KHA gam-a-TA

   and you shall speak to him saying thus says the LORD in the place where licked up the dogs the blood of Naboth shall lick up the dogs your blood also you
4. sentence🔊 וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הֲרָצַ֖חְתָּ וְגַם־יָרָ֑שְׁתָּ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בִּמְק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר לָקְק֤וּ הַכְּלָבִים֙ אֶת־דַּ֣ם נָב֔וֹת יָלֹ֧קּוּ הַכְּלָבִ֛ים אֶת־דָּמְךָ֖ גַּם־אָֽתָּה׃

   ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH ha-ra-TSHAKH-ta ve-gam-ya-RASH-ta ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bim-KOM a-SHER la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-DAM na-VOT ya-lo-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-da-me-KHA gam-a-TA

   and you shall speak to him saying thus says the LORD have you murdered and also have you taken possession and you shall speak to him saying thus says the LORD in the place where licked up the dogs the blood of Naboth shall lick up the dogs your blood also you

Exegesis

The prophetic gaze then shifts to a poetic result clause in bimkom asher lakku hakelavim {בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר לָקְק֤וּ הַכְּלָבִים | bə-mi-qōm ʼă-šer lā-qə-qû ha-ke-lā-vı̂m} ‘in the place where the dogs licked’, coupling perfect and imperfect verbs to underscore divine retribution.