Deuteronomy 19:12:4Deut.19.12.W4TAB
וְלָקְח֥וּ
velakkhu
“and they shall take”
- Transliteration
- ve-lak-KHU
- Extended
- veh-lahk-KHOO
- IPA
- /vəlɑqˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-lak-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lak-KHU o-TO
- clause
ve-shal-KHU zik-NEI i-RO ve-lak-KHU o-TO mi-SHAM
- sentence
ve-shal-KHU zik-NEI i-RO ve-lak-KHU o-TO mi-SHAM ve-nat-NU o-TO be-YAD go-EL ha-DAM va-MET
In context — Deuteronomy 19:12
Then the elders of his city shall send, take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood , and he shall die.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:12, so the Hebrew word וְלָקְח֥וּ (velakkhu) 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.19.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.12.W4.S1) and character.