Exodus 13:8:2Exod.13.8.W2TAB

לְבִנְךָ֔

levinkha

to your son

Transliteration
le-vin-KHA
Extended
leh-vihn-KHAA
IPA
/lə.vin.ˈxaː/

Meaning by language

English
to your son

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + בִנְ + ךָ֔
le + vin + kha
levinkha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-vin-KHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA

  3. clause

    ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA bay-YOM ha-HU leh-MOR

  4. sentence

    ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA bay-YOM ha-HU leh-MOR ba-a-VUR ZE a-SA Ye-ho-VAH LI be-tseh-TI mi-mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The directive begins with the vav-consecutive vehigadta {וְהִגַּדְתָּ | wə-hig-gāḏ-tā} marking a perfect-to-imperative shift, followed by the indirect object levincha {לְבִנְךָ | lə-vîn-kā} ‘to your son.’

In contextExodus 13:8

And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, “This is because of what the LORD did for me when I went out from Egypt .”

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 13:8, so the Hebrew word לְבִנְךָ֔ (levinkha) 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 Exod.13.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.8.W2.S1) and character.