Deuteronomy 19:9:12Deut.19.9.W12TAB
וְלָלֶ֥כֶת
velalekhet
“and to walk”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-LE-khet
- Extended
- veh-lah-LEH-kheht
- IPA
- /vəlaˈlɛxɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to walk
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' | |
| 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
ve-la-LE-khet
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-LE-khet bid-ra-KHAV
- clause
ki-tish-MOR et-KOL-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT la-a-so-TAH a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-ka ha-YOM le-a-ha-VA et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-la-LE-khet bid-ra-KHAV kol-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
ki-tish-MOR et-KOL-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT la-a-so-TAH a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-ka ha-YOM le-a-ha-VA et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-la-LE-khet bid-ra-KHAV kol-ha-ya-MIM ve-ya-SAFTA le-KHA OD sha-LOSH a-REEM al ha-sha-LOSH ha-e-LEH
Exegesis
Two parallel infinitives, le’ehăvâh {לְאַהֲבָה | lə-’ăhăḇâh} and wĕ-la-heleḵet {וְלָלֶכֶת | wə-la-leḵet}, coordinate affection and conduct.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:9
If you keep all this commandment to do it, which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to walk in His ways all the days, then you shall add for yourself three more cities upon these three.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 19:9, so the Hebrew word וְלָלֶ֥כֶת (velalekhet) 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.19.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.9.W12.S1) and character.