1 Kings 21:26:31 Kgs.21.26.W3TAB
לָלֶ֖כֶת
lalekhet
“to go”
- Transliteration
- la-LE-khet
- Extended
- laa-LEH-kheht
- IPA
- /laːˈlɛxɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
la-LE-khet
- clause
va-yat-EV me-OD la-LE-khet a-kha-RE ha-gil-lu-LIM
- sentence
va-yat-EV me-OD la-LE-khet a-kha-RE ha-gil-lu-LIM ke-KHOL a-SHER a-SU ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ho-RISH Ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The infinitive construct phrase lalechet acharei hagillulim {לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים | lālēḵeṯ ʾaḥărê ha·gil·lîm} ‘to go after the idols’ conveys purposeful pursuit.
In context — 1 Kings 21:26
And he acted in an exceedingly abominable way by going after the idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the sons of Israel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 21:26, so the Hebrew word לָלֶ֖כֶת (lalekhet) 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.21.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.26.W3.S1) and character.