Deuteronomy 20:7:5Deut.20.7.W5TAB
לְקָחָ֔הּ
lekakhah
“taken her”
- Transliteration
- le-ka-KHAH
- Extended
- leh-kaa-KHAH
- IPA
- /ləkaˈħa(h)/
Meaning by language
- English
- taken her
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ka-KHAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO le-ka-KHAH
- clause
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
- sentence
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MUT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yi-ka-KHE-na
Exegesis
The relative clause ha-ish asher eras ishah velo lekachah {הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַשׂ אִשָּׁה וְלֹא לְקָחָהּ | hā-ʾîš ʾă-šer-ʾê-raṣ ʾîš-šāh wə-lō lə-qā-ḥāh} ‘the man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her’ specifies the exempt individual.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:7
Is there a man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 20:7, so the Hebrew word לְקָחָ֔הּ (lekakhah) 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.20.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.7.W5.S1) and character.