2 Samuel 14:8:42 Sam.14.8.W4TAB

לְכִ֣י

lekhi

go

Transliteration
le-KHI
Extended
leh-KHEE
IPA
/ləˈxiː/

Meaning by language

English
go

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Result
לְ + כִ֣י
le + khi
lekhi

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-KHI le-vei-TEKH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-i-SHA le-KHI le-vei-TEKH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-i-SHA le-KHI le-vei-TEKH va-a-NI a-tsa-VE a-LA-yikh

Exegesis

The imperative lechi {לְכִ֣י | ləḵî} ‘go’ (feminine singular) initiates the command, followed by leveitekh {לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ | ləbêṯêḵ} ‘to your house’ specifying destination.

In context2 Samuel 14:8

Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 14:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:8, so the Hebrew word לְכִ֣י (lekhi) 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.14.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.8.W4.S1) and character.