1 Samuel 20:40:81 Sam.20.40.W8TAB
לֵ֖ךְ
lekh
“go”
- Transliteration
- LEKH
- Extended
- LEEKH
- IPA
- /ˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- go
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LEKH
- clause
va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-NA-tan et-KE-lav el-ha-NA-ar a-SHER-lo va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
Exegesis
Within the speech, the double imperative lekh {לֵךְ | lēk} ‘go’ plus haviem {הָבִיאֵם | hā-vîʾēm} ‘bring them’ emphasizes urgency, and the prepositional phrase el ha-ir {אֶל־הָעִיר | ʾel hā-ʾîr} ‘to the city’ specifies the destination. English renders Hebrew V-S-O into S-V-O, preserving the force of the imperatives.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:40:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 20:40, so the Hebrew word לֵ֖ךְ (lekh) 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.20.40.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.40.W8.S1) and character.