2 Chronicles 20:36:52 Chr.20.36.W5TAB
לָלֶ֣כֶת
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
- phraseyour reading level
la-LE-khet tar-SHISH
- clause
va-ye-kha-ber-RE-hu i-MO la-a-SOT o-ni-YOT la-LE-khet tar-SHISH
- sentence
va-ye-kha-ber-RE-hu i-MO la-a-SOT o-ni-YOT la-LE-khet tar-SHISH va-ya-a-SU o-ni-YOT be-ETS-yon GA-ver
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs la’asot {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-ʿă-sōṯ} and lalekhet {לָלֶ֣כֶת | lā-le-ḵěṯ} express purpose “to make ships to go,” a common Hebrew purpose clause.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:36
And he joined himself with him to build ships for going to Tarshish, and they built the ships at Ezion-geber .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:36, so the Hebrew word לָלֶ֣כֶת (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 2 Chr.20.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.36.W5.S1) and character.