Ezekiel 18:17:7Ezek.18.17.W7TAB

לָקָ֔ח

lakhakh

he took

Transliteration
la-KHAKH
Extended
laa-KHAKH
IPA
/laːˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
he took

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Result
לָ + קָ֔ח
la + khakh
lakhakh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-KHAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO la-KHAKH

  3. clause

    me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH

  4. sentence

    me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH HU LO ya-MUT ba-a-VON a-VIV kha-YO yikh-YE

Exegesis

The verse presents a protasis-conclusion structure where a series of perfect verbs—heshiv {הֵשִׁיב | hē-šîḇ} ‘he turned back’, lakach {לָקָח | lā-qach} ‘he took’, asah {עָשָׂה | ʿā-śāh} ‘he practiced’, halakh {הָלָךְ | hā-lāḵ} ‘he walked’—enumerate the righteous conduct.

In contextEzekiel 18:17

He withdrew his hand from oppressing the poor, did not take interest or increase, practiced my judgments, walked in my statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 18:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 18:17, so the Hebrew word לָקָ֔ח (lakhakh) 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.18.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.17.W7.S1) and character.