Joshua 15:39:1Josh.15.39.W1TAB
לָכִ֥ישׁ
lakish
“Lachish”
- Transliteration
- la-KISH
- Extended
- laa-KISH
- IPA
- /laːˈkiʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lachish
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
la-KISH
- phraseyour reading level
la-KISH u-vats-KAT
- sentence
la-KISH u-vats-KAT ve-eg-LON
Exegesis
Each element functions as an independent geographic marker: Lakhish {לָכִ֥ישׁ | lā·ḵîš} ‘Lachish’, û {וּ | û} ‘and’, Bosqat {בָצְקַ֖ת | bā·ṣə·qaṯ} ‘Bozkath’, ve {וְ | wə} ‘and’, ʿEglōn {עֶגְלֽוֹן | ʿe·gəl·ōn} ‘Eglon’. English replicates the sequence with commas and “and” to preserve the Hebrew enumeration.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed kaph shin
“to walk, proceed”
In context — Joshua 15:39
Lachish , Bozkath, and Eglon .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:39, so the Hebrew word לָכִ֥ישׁ (lakish) 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.15.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.39.W1.S1) and character.