Exodus 16:22:4Exod.16.22.W4TAB
לָֽקְט֥וּ
laktu
“they gathered”
- Transliteration
- lak-TU
- Extended
- lahk-TOO
- IPA
- /laːq.ˈtuː/
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lak-TU
- phraseyour reading level
lak-TU LE-khem
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-shi-SHI lak-TU LE-khem mish-NEH she-NEE ha-O-mer la-e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-shi-SHI lak-TU LE-khem mish-NEH she-NEE ha-O-mer la-e-KHAD va-ya-VO-u kol-ne-si-EE ha-eh-DAH va-ya-GI-du le-mo-SHEH
Root and etymology
l-q-ṭlamed–qoph–tet
“to gather, pick up”
In context — Exodus 16:22
On the sixth day they gathered twice the usual portion of bread—two omers for each person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:22, so the Hebrew word לָֽקְט֥וּ (laktu) 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.16.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.22.W4.S1) and character.