Ezekiel 22:12:2Ezek.22.12.W2TAB
לָֽקְחוּ־בָ֖ךְ
lakhuvakh
“they took in you”
- Transliteration
- la-khu-VAKH
- Extended
- laa-kheh-VAAKH
- IPA
- /laːqəˈħuː.ˈvaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- they took in you
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-khu-VAKH
- phraseyour reading level
SHO-khad la-khu-VAKH
- clause
SHO-khad la-khu-VAKH le-MA-an she-FOKH-DAM
- sentence
SHO-khad la-khu-VAKH le-MA-an she-FOKH-DAM NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT la-ka-KHAT vat-te-va-TSI re-A-yikh ba-O-shek ve-O-ti sha-KHAKHT ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun shochad {שֹׁ֥חַד | šō-ḥad} ‘bribe’ followed by the perfect laqchu-bakh {לָֽקְחוּ־בָ֖ךְ | lā-qə-ḥū-bāḵ} ‘they have taken in you’, highlighting communal corruption.
In context — Ezekiel 22:12
Among you they accept bribes for bloodshed; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; and you have forgotten Me, declares the Lord GOD.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 22:12, so the Hebrew word לָֽקְחוּ־בָ֖ךְ (lakhuvakh) 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.22.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.12.W2.S1) and character.