Joshua 15:16:5Josh.15.16.W5TAB
וּלְכָדָ֑הּ
ulekadah
“and captures it”
- Transliteration
- u-le-ka-DAH
- Extended
- oo-leh-kha-DAH
- IPA
- /uləkaˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and captures it
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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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-ka-DAH
- clause
va-yo-MER ka-LEV a-SHER-ya-KEH ET-kir-YAT-SE-fer u-le-ka-DAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER ka-LEV a-SHER-ya-KEH ET-kir-YAT-SE-fer u-le-ka-DAH ve-na-TA-ti LO ET-akh-SA bit-TI le-ish-HA
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer} ‘who/that’ functions as the protasis, presenting the challenge in the imperfect tense yakeh {יַכֶּ֥ה | yă-kkêh} ‘strikes’ Kiriath-Sepher and the infinitive ulekadah {וּלְכָדָ֑הּ | ū-lə-kā-ḏāh} ‘captures it’.
Root and etymology
l-k-dlamed–kaph–dalet
“to capture”
In context — Joshua 15:16
And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-Sepher and captures it, then I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 15:16, so the Hebrew word וּלְכָדָ֑הּ (ulekadah) 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.15.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.16.W5.S1) and character.