Isaiah 14:2:1Isa.14.2.W1TAB
וּלְקָח֣וּם
ulekakhum
“and they will take them”
- Transliteration
- u-le-ka-KHUM
- Extended
- oo-leh-kah-KHOOM
- IPA
- /uːlɛqaˈħuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will take them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-ka-KHUM
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM
- clause
u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT
- sentence
u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT ve-ha-YU sho-VIM le-sho-VE-hem ve-ra-DU be-nog-se-HEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with a sequence of vav-consecutive imperfects: ulekachum {וּלְקָח֣וּם | wə-le-qā-ḥûm} ‘and they shall take them’ and vehevium {וֶהֱבִיא֣וּם | və-he-vī-ʾûm} ‘and they shall bring them’, establishing foreign-nation agency.
In context — Isaiah 14:2
The peoples will pick them up and escort them to their place, and the house of Israel will take possession of them in the land of the LORD as servants and maidservants; and they will take captive those who once held them captive, and they will govern their oppressors .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word וּלְקָח֣וּם (ulekakhum) 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 Isa.14.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.2.W1.S1) and character.