Joshua 13:8:4Josh.13.8.W4TAB
לָקְח֖וּ
lakkhu
“took”
- Transliteration
- lak-KHU
- Extended
- lahk-KHOO
- IPA
- /laqˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lak-KHU
- clause
im-MO ha-re-u-VE-ni ve-ha-GA-di lak-KHU na-cha-la-TAM
- sentence
im-MO ha-re-u-VE-ni ve-ha-GA-di lak-KHU na-cha-la-TAM a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-cha ka-a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Qal perfect laqachu {לָקְחוּ | lā-qa-ḥû} indicates completed acquisition, with nakhalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na-ḥă-lā-ṯām} as a construct noun of possession.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qof–chet
“to take, grasp”
In context — Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites took their inheritance , which Moses had given to them east of the Jordan, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD , had given to them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:8, so the Hebrew word לָקְח֖וּ (lakkhu) 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 Josh.13.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.8.W4.S1) and character.