2 Samuel 14:30:92 Sam.14.30.W9TAB
לְכ֖וּ
lekhu
“go”
- Transliteration
- le-KHU
- Extended
- leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /ləˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- go
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHU
- clause
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH va-yats-tsi-TU av-DE av-sha-LOM et-ha-khel-KA ba-ESH
Exegesis
The paired imperatives lechu {לְכוּ | lə-ḵū} ‘go’ and the Hifil imperfect ve-hotsetiha {וְהוֹצֵתֵ֨הָ | wə-hō-ṣe-tê-hā} ‘you shall set it on fire’, reinforced by the Hifil perfect ve-ha-tsituha {וְהַצִּית֣וּהָ | wə-hat-tsi-tû-hā}, express a purposeful causation.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:30
And he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word לְכ֖וּ (lekhu) 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 Sam.14.30.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.30.W9.S1) and character.