Exodus 19:24:4Exod.19.24.W4TAB
לֶךְ־רֵ֔ד
lekhred
“go down”
- Transliteration
- lekh-RED
- Extended
- lekh-REHD
- IPA
- /lɛx.ˈreːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- go down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lekh-RED
- clause
va-YO-mer eh-LAV ye-ho-VAH lekh-RED ve-a-li-TA a-TA ve-a-ha-RON im-MAAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer eh-LAV ye-ho-VAH lekh-RED ve-a-li-TA a-TA ve-a-ha-RON im-MAAKH ve-ha-koh-ha-NEEM ve-ha-AM ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO la-a-LOT el-ye-ho-VAH pehn-yif-rots-BAAM
Exegesis
The directive is given in a sequential pair: the imperative lekh-red {לֶךְ־רֵ֔ד | leḵ-rēḏ} ‘go down’ connected by the vav-prefixed perfect vealita {וְעָלִ֥יתָ | wə-ʿālîtā} ‘and you shall go up’, signaling ordered action.
In context — Exodus 19:24
And the LORD said to him, “Go down. Afterward you shall come up, you and Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to go up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 19:24, so the Hebrew word לֶךְ־רֵ֔ד (lekhred) 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.19.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.24.W4.S1) and character.