1 Samuel 17:44:41 Sam.17.44.W4TAB
לְכָ֣ה
lekha
“come”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈχaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
le-KHA e-LAI
- clause
le-KHA e-LAI ve-et-te-NA et-be-sa-re-KHA le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-sa-DE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-pe-lish-TI el-da-VID le-KHA e-LAI ve-et-te-NA et-be-sa-re-KHA le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-sa-DE
Exegesis
The subject hapelisti {הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י | ha-pə-liš-ti} ‘the Philistine’ issues the imperative lekha {לְכָה | lə-kā} with prepositional suffix elay {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay} ‘to me’, creating a direct summons.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:44
And the Philistine said to David, “Draw near to me, and I will consign your flesh to the carrion birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the field.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:44, so the Hebrew word לְכָ֣ה (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.17.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.44.W4.S1) and character.