2 Chronicles 25:9:182 Chr.25.9.W18TAB
לְךָ֖
lekha
“to you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
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 Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
la-TET le-KHA
- clause
va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM YESH la-ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-KHA har-BE mi-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-mats-ya-HU le-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM u-MA-la-a-sot lim-AT ha-ki-KAR a-SHER na-TAT-ti lig-DUD yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM YESH la-ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-KHA har-BE mi-ZE
Exegesis
In the reply, the existential yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš} ‘there is’ precedes the divine name layhwh {לַיהוָה | la-yə-hô-wāh} ‘the LORD’, creating emphasis, and the infinitival purpose clause latet lekha harbeh mizeh {לָתֶת לְךָ הַרְבֵּה מִזֶּה | lāṯēṯ lə-kā harbē mizzeh} ‘to give you much more than this’ preserves the beneficiary and comparative construction. The repetition of vayomer frames a dialogic inclusio, accentuating the contrast between human outlay and divine bounty.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, be king”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what should be done for the hundred talents that I gave to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 25:9, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֖ (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 2 Chr.25.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.9.W18.S1) and character.