Ezekiel 17:13:12Ezek.17.13.W12TAB
לָקָֽח׃
lakakh
“he took”
- Transliteration
- la-KAKH
- Extended
- laa-KAAKH
- IPA
- /laːˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he took
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' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
la-KAKH
- clause
va-ya-VE o-TO be-a-LA ve-et-E-LE ha-A-rets la-KAKH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH mi-ZE-ra ha-me-lu-KHA va-yikh-ROT i-TO be-RIT va-ya-VE o-TO be-a-LA ve-et-E-LE ha-A-rets la-KAKH
Exegesis
The final clause veet-eilei haaretz lakach {וְאֶת־אֵילֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ לָקָֽח | wəʾet-ʾēlê hā-ʾāreṣ lāqaḥ} ‘and he took the mighty ones of the land’ combines the direct-object marker et with the noun eielei ‘mighty ones,’ emphasizing the removal of key leaders. The repetition of the verb ‘took’ frames the decisive extraction of power, highlighting the strategic political maneuver conveyed in the narrative.
In context — Ezekiel 17:13
And he took from the royal seed and made a covenant with him; he brought him under an oath and also took the mighty ones of the land.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 17:13, so the Hebrew word לָקָֽח׃ (lakakh) 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 Ezek.17.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.13.W12.S1) and character.