Deuteronomy 15:17:7Deut.15.17.W7TAB

לְךָ֖

lekha

to you

Transliteration
le-KHA
Extended
leh-KHA
IPA
/ləˈxaː/

Meaning by language

English
to you

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Result
לְ + ךָ֖
le + kha
lekha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YA le-KHA

  3. clause

    ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta ve-oz-NO u-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM

  4. sentence

    ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta ve-oz-NO u-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM ve-AF la-a-mat-KHA ta-a-SE-KEN

In contextDeuteronomy 15:17

And you shall take the awl , pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall do the same for your maidservant .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 15:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 15:17, 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 Deut.15.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.17.W7.S1) and character.