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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.