Genesis 13:17:4Gen.13.17.W4TAB
לְאָרְכָּ֖הּ
leorkah
“along its length”
- Transliteration
- le-or-KAH
- Extended
- leh-ohr-KAAH
- IPA
- /lə.ʔɔr.ˈkaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- along its length
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-or-KAH
- clause
KOOM hit-hal-LEKH ba-A-rets le-or-KAH u-le-rokh-BAH
- sentence
KOOM hit-hal-LEKH ba-A-rets le-or-KAH u-le-rokh-BAH KI le-KHA et-te-NEN-na
Exegesis
The domain is specified by the prepositional phrase bāʾāreṣ {בָּאָ֔רֶץ | bāʾāreṣ} ‘in the land’, while the spatial merism ləʾorḵāh {לְאָרְכָּ֖הּ | ləʾorḵāh} ‘to its length’ and ûləraḥḇāh {וּלְרָחְבָּ֑הּ | ûləraḥḇāh} ‘to its breadth’ underscores total coverage.
In context — Genesis 13:17
Arise, and walk through the land, along its length and across its breadth, for I will give it to you.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 13:17, so the Hebrew word לְאָרְכָּ֖הּ (leorkah) 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 Gen.13.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.17.W4.S1) and character.