Exodus 16:18:11Exod.16.18.W11TAB
לָקָֽטוּ׃
lakatu
“they gathered”
- Transliteration
- la-ka-TU
- Extended
- lah-kah-TOO
- IPA
- /laː.qa.ˈθuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they gathered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ka-TU
- clause
EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
- sentence
va-ya-MOD-du va-O-mer ve-LO he-ed-DEEF ha-mar-BEH ve-ha-mam-EET LO he-khe-SEER EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
Exegesis
The final clause ish lefi-akhlo lakatu {אִישׁ לְפִי־אָכְל֖וֹ לָקָֽטוּ | ʾîš lə-pî-ʾā-ḵ-lô lā-qā-ṭû} “each man gathered according to his eating” uses the idiom lefi + noun construct for personalized sufficiency.
Root and etymology
l-q-ṭlamed–qoph–tet
“to gather, pick up”
In context — Exodus 16:18
When they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have surplus , and the one who gathered little did not have shortage ; each man gathered according to his eating.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 16:18, so the Hebrew word לָקָֽטוּ׃ (lakatu) 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.16.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.18.W11.S1) and character.