Genesis 6:21:2Gen.6.21.W2TAB
קַח־לְךָ֗
kakhlekha
“take for yourself”
- Transliteration
- kakh-le-KHA
- Extended
- kahkh-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /qaħ.lə.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- take for yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
kakh-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-at-TA kakh-le-KHA
- clause
ve-at-TA kakh-le-KHA mik-kol-ma-a-KHAL a-SHER ye-a-KHEL ve-a-saf-TA e-LEI-kha
- sentence
ve-at-TA kakh-le-KHA mik-kol-ma-a-KHAL a-SHER ye-a-KHEL ve-a-saf-TA e-LEI-kha ve-ha-YA le-KHA ve-la-HEM le-okh-LA
Exegesis
The imperative kakh {קַח־ | qaḥ} ‘take’ issues the primary command, followed by the ethical dative lekha {לְךָ֗ | lə-ḵā} ‘for yourself,’ highlighting personal benefit.
Another vav-consecutive perfect ve-hayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it shall be’ introduces the result clause whose predicate is the double dative lekha and ve-lahem {לְךָ וְלָהֶם | lə-ḵā wə-lā-hem} ‘for you and for them.’
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qof–ḥet
“to take, seize”
In context — Genesis 6:21
And you shall take for yourself some of every kind of food that may be eaten, and you shall gather it to you, and it shall be food for you and for them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 6:21, so the Hebrew word קַח־לְךָ֗ (kakhlekha) 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.6.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.21.W2.S1) and character.