Genesis 18:25:13Gen.18.25.W13TAB
לָּ֔ךְ
lakh
“for you”
- Transliteration
- LAKH
- Extended
- LAAKH
- IPA
- /ˈlaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
kha-LI-la LAKH
- clause
kha-LI-la LAKH ha-sho-FET kol-ha-A-rets LO ya-a-SE mi-she-PAT
- sentence
kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA kha-LI-la LAKH ha-sho-FET kol-ha-A-rets LO ya-a-SE mi-she-PAT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic interjection khalilah {חָלִ֨לָה | ḥā-lî-lāh} expressing strong moral refusal, followed by the indirect object lekha {לְּךָ֜ | lə-kā} “to you.”
Root and etymology
Rootheh–lamed–kaf
“to go, walk”
In context — Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do this—to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous would be treated like the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice ?
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 18:25, so the Hebrew word לָּ֔ךְ (lakh) 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.18.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.25.W13.S1) and character.