Deuteronomy 20:11:10Deut.20.11.W10TAB
לְךָ֛
lekha
“for you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
yih-YU le-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA u-fat-KHA LAKH ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lə-kha lā-mas {לְךָ֛ לָמַ֖ס | lə-khā lā-mas} ‘to you for forced labor’ and the subsequent vav-consecutive vaavadukha {וַעֲבָדוּךָ | va-ʿă-vā-dū-khā} ‘and they shall serve you’ frame the legal consequence. The Hebrew protasis–apodosis structure is preserved in English as a conditional “If… then…” construction.
Root and etymology
ה־ל־ךh-l-k
“to walk, go”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:11
If it answers you with peace and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 20:11, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֛ (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.20.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.11.W10.S1) and character.