1 Samuel 14:1:91 Sam.14.1.W9TAB

לְכָ֗ה

lekha

come

Transliteration
le-KHA
Extended
leh-KHAA
IPA
/ləˈxɔː/

Meaning by language

English
come

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + כָ֗ה
le + kha
lekha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KHA

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID

Exegesis

The cohortative lĕkā wə-nāʿăberā {לְכָ֗ה וְנַעְבְּרָה֙ | lĕ-kā wə-nāʿ-ă-bə-rā} ‘come, let us cross over’ expresses mutual agency.

Root and etymology

to reign, rule

In context1 Samuel 14:1

And it happened on a certain day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man bearing his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 14:1, so the Hebrew word לְכָ֗ה (lekha) 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 Sam.14.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W9.S1) and character.