Genesis 22:2:7Gen.22.2.W7TAB
וְלֶךְ־לְךָ֔
velekhlekha
“go for yourself”
- Transliteration
- ve-lekh-le-KHA
- Extended
- veh-lehkh-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /wə.lɛx.ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- go for yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lekh-le-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer kakh-NA et-bin-KHA et-ye-kheed-KHA a-sher-a-hav-TA et-yits-KHAK ve-lekh-le-KHA el-E-rets ha-mo-ri-YA
- sentence
va-YO-mer kakh-NA et-bin-KHA et-ye-kheed-KHA a-sher-a-hav-TA et-yits-KHAK ve-lekh-le-KHA el-E-rets ha-mo-ri-YA ve-ha-a-LE-hu SHAM le-o-LA AL a-KHAD he-ha-RIM a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The idiomatic ve-lekh-lekha {וְלֶךְ־לְךָ֔ | wə-leḵ-lə-kā} ‘and go for yourself’ signifies a personally defining journey. The destination el-erets ha-moriya ‘to the land of Moriah’ sets an initial geographic scope. The Hiphil imperative ve-ha’alehu ‘and offer him up’ combined with the noun le-olah ‘burnt offering’ indicates complete consumption. The indefinite expression al echad he-harim ‘on one of the mountains’ and the relative clause asher omar eleikha ‘which I will tell you’ maintain suspense and emphasize Abraham’s ongoing obedience to divine instruction.
In context — Genesis 22:2
And He said, “Please take Isaac, your son—your only one —whom you have loved, and go to the land of Moriah. There, offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will point out to you.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 22:2, so the Hebrew word וְלֶךְ־לְךָ֔ (velekhlekha) 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.22.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.2.W7.S1) and character.