Deuteronomy 22:15:1Deut.22.15.W1TAB
וְלָקַ֙ח
velakakh
“then shall take”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-lah-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vəlaˈkaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- then 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-KAKH
- clause
ve-la-KAKH a-VI ha-na-AR ve-im-MAH
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH a-VI ha-na-AR ve-im-MAH ve-ho-TSI-u et-be-tu-LEI ha-na-AR el-zik-NEI ha-IR ha-SHA-ar
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is marked by the vav-consecutive perfect in ve-lakach {וְלָקַח | wə-lā-qaḥ} ‘and he will take’, signaling continuation from the prior law in Deuteronomy 22.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qof–chet
“to take, lay hold of”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:15
Then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the tokens of virginity of the young woman to the elders of the city at the gate.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 22:15, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַ֙ח (velakakh) 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.22.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.15.W1.S1) and character.