Joshua 15:18:12Josh.15.18.W12TAB
מַה־לָּֽךְ׃
mahlakh
“What do you want?”
- Transliteration
- MAH-lakh
- Extended
- MAH-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ˈmaːlˈlaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- What do you want?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MAH-lakh
- clause
va-YO-mer-LAH ka-LEV MAH-lakh
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AH va-te-si-TE-hu lish-OL me-ET a-vi-HA sa-DEH va-tits-NAKH me-AL ha-kha-MOR va-YO-mer-LAH ka-LEV MAH-lakh
Exegesis
The direct question mah-lakh {מַה־לָּֽךְ | ma-h lā-ḵ} ‘what to you’ conveys concern. The sequence of waw-consecutive clauses and purpose infinitives establishes clear cause-and-effect and temporal progression, which English renders through successive clauses that preserve these functions.
In context — Joshua 15:18
And it happened that when she came, she prompted him to ask her father for a field. She dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 15:18, so the Hebrew word מַה־לָּֽךְ׃ (mahlakh) 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.15.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.18.W12.S1) and character.