Joshua 20:3:9Josh.20.3.W9TAB
לְמִקְלָ֔ט
lemiklat
“a refuge”
- Transliteration
- le-mik-LAT
- Extended
- leh-mik-LAAT
- IPA
- /ləmiqˈlaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a refuge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mik-LAT
- clause
ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-mik-LAT mig-go-EL ha-DAM
- sentence
la-NUS SHA-mah ro-TSE-akh ma-KEH-NE-fesh bish-ga-GAH biv-LI-DA-at ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-mik-LAT mig-go-EL ha-DAM
Exegesis
The double lamed phrases lachem {לָכֶם֙ | lāḵem} ‘for you’ and lemiklat {לְמִקְלָ֔ט | ləmiqlāṭ} ‘for refuge’ emphasize beneficiary and function.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–lamed–tet
“to take in, receive”
In context — Joshua 20:3
The manslayer who strikes a person unintentionally without knowledge may flee there, and they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 20:3, so the Hebrew word לְמִקְלָ֔ט (lemiklat) 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.20.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.3.W9.S1) and character.