Isaiah 22:16:4Isa.22.16.W4TAB
לְךָ֣
lekha
“to you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
u-MI le-KHA PO
- clause
ma-le-KHA PO u-MI le-KHA PO ki-kha-TSAV-ta le-KHA PO ka-VER
- sentence
ma-le-KHA PO u-MI le-KHA PO ki-kha-TSAV-ta le-KHA PO ka-VER kho-tse-VI ma-ROM kiv-RO kho-kki va-SE-la mish-KAN LO
Exegesis
and ūmî lekha pō {וּמִי לְךָ֣ פֹ֔ה | ūmî-lə-ḵā pō} ‘and who do you have here?’, establishing an accusatory tone.
In context — Isaiah 22:16
“What are you doing here, and who is here for you, that you have hewn for yourself a sepulchre here, as one who hews on high his own tomb and engraves for himself a dwelling in the rock?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 22:16, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֣ (lekha) 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.22.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.16.W4.S1) and character.