2 Samuel 15:20:72 Sam.15.20.W7TAB
לָלֶ֔כֶת
lalekhet
“to go”
- Transliteration
- la-LE-khet
- Extended
- laa-LEH-kheht
- IPA
- /laːˈlɛ.xɛθ/
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
- clause
te-MOL bo-E-kha ve-ha-YOM a-NO-a-kha a-NI-a-kha im-MA-nu la-LE-khet va-a-NI ho-LEKH AL a-SHER-a-NI ho-LEKH
- sentence
te-MOL bo-E-kha ve-ha-YOM a-NO-a-kha a-NI-a-kha im-MA-nu la-LE-khet va-a-NI ho-LEKH AL a-SHER-a-NI ho-LEKH SHUV ve-ha-SHEV eT-a-KHE-kha im-MAKH KHE-sed ve-e-MET
Exegesis
The Hifil imperfect verbs ano’akha {אֲנ֣וֹעָכָה | ʾănō-’ā-ḵā} ‘I will make you wander’ and ani’akha {אֲנִֽיעֲךָ | ʾănî-’ā-ḵā} ‘I will send you away’ share the infinitive lalekhet {לָלֶ֔כֶת | lā-lê-ḵeṯ} ‘to go,’ marking purpose.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:20
Yesterday you arrived, and today shall I make you wander with us when I do not know where I am going? And I am going to the place where I am going. Return, and bring your brothers with you. May kindness and faithfulness accompany you.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:20, so the Hebrew word לָלֶ֔כֶת (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 Sam.15.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.20.W7.S1) and character.