Genesis 20:3:11Gen.20.3.W11TAB
אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֔חְתָּ
asherlakakhta
“whom you took”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-la-KAKH-ta
- Extended
- ah-shehr-lah-KAKH-tah
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.la.ˈqaħ.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom you took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-la-KAKH-ta
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-i-SHA a-sher-la-KAKH-ta
- clause
va-yo-MER LO hi-ne-KHA MET al-ha-i-SHA a-sher-la-KAKH-ta ve-HI be-U-lat BA-al
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-a-vi-ME-lekh ba-kha-LOM hal-LAI-la va-yo-MER LO hi-ne-KHA MET al-ha-i-SHA a-sher-la-KAKH-ta ve-HI be-U-lat BA-al
Exegesis
The causal clause al-haishah asher-lakakhta {עַל־הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־לָקַחְתָּ | ʿal-hāʾiššāh ʾăšer lāqaḥtā} ‘because of the woman whom you have taken’ provides the reason.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qof–chet
“to take, seize”
In context — Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a night dream and said, “Look, you are a dead man because of the woman you have taken, for she is married to a husband.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 20:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֔חְתָּ (asherlakakhta) 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.20.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.3.W11.S1) and character.