Judges 14:16:23Judg.14.16.W23TAB
וְלָ֥ךְ
velakh
“and to you”
- Transliteration
- ve-LAKH
- Extended
- veh-LAAKH
- IPA
- /vəˈlaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LAKH a-GID
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH hi-NE le-a-VI u-le-i-MI LO hi-GAD-ti ve-LAKH a-GID
- sentence
va-TEV-kh E-shet shim-SHON a-LAV va-TO-mer rak-se-NE-ta-ni ve-LO a-hav-TA-ni ha-khi-DA KHAD-ta liv-NE a-MI ve-LI LO hi-GAD-ta va-YO-mer LAH hi-NE le-a-VI u-le-i-MI LO hi-GAD-ti ve-LAKH a-GID
In context — Judges 14:16
Then the wife of Samson wept before him and said, "Surely you hate me and do not love me. You have posed the riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not told me." He replied, "Look, I have not even told it to my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?"
About this coordinate
Judges 14:16:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Judges 14:16, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֥ךְ (velakh) 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 Judg.14.16.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.16.W23.S1) and character.