Deuteronomy 22:18:1Deut.22.18.W1TAB
וְלָקְח֣וּ
velakkhu
“and shall take”
- Transliteration
- ve-lak-KHU
- Extended
- veh-lakh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vəlaqˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lak-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lak-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR
- clause
ve-lak-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ve-yis-ROO o-TO
Exegesis
The verse employs vav consecutive verbs, velaqqhu {וְלָֽקְחוּ | wə-lā-qaḥ-ū} ‘and they shall take’ and veyisseru {וְיִסְּרוּ | wə-yi-sə-rû} ‘and they shall discipline,’ marking sequential legal instructions.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qof–chet
“to take, lay hold of”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:18
The elders of that city shall take the man and whip him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 22:18, so the Hebrew word וְלָקְח֣וּ (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.22.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.18.W1.S1) and character.