Judges 14:8:3Judg.14.8.W3TAB
לְקַחְתָּ֔הּ
lekhakhattah
“to take her”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-KHAT-tah
- Extended
- leh-khah-KHAHT-tah
- IPA
- /ləqaħˈtːaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to take her
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kha-KHAT-tah
- clause
va-ya-SHAV mi-ya-MIM le-kha-KHAT-tah va-ya-SAR lir-e-OT ET ma-PE-let ha-ar-YE
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV mi-ya-MIM le-kha-KHAT-tah va-ya-SAR lir-e-OT ET ma-PE-let ha-ar-YE ve-hin-NE a-daT de-vo-RIM big-vi-YAT ha-ar-YE u-de-VASH
Exegesis
vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | vayyāšāḇ} ‘and he returned’ employs a vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect to signal sequential action; miyyāmîm {מִיָּמִים | miyyāmîm} ‘after days’ functions as a temporal adverbial marking the lapse before Samson’s return; the infinitive lekachta {לְקַחְתָּהּ | ləqāḥtāh} ‘to take her’ expresses purpose, while the infinitive lirot {לִרְאוֹת | lir’ōṯ} ‘to see’ with the direct-object marker et {אֵת | ʾēt} introduces mapp̄eleṯ {מַפֶּלֶת | mapp̄eleṯ} ‘carcass’ of haaryeh {הָאַרְיֵה | hāʾāryēh} ‘lion’; the interjection vehinneh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hinnēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the unexpected discovery; the construct adat {עֲדַת | ʿădat} ‘swarm’ + dvorim {דְּבוֹרִים | dəvôrîm} ‘bees’ within the locative bigviyat {בִּגְוִיַּת | bigəvîyaṯ} ‘in the body’ of the lion creates vivid imagery and heightens the dramatic surprise.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qof–het
“to take, choose”
In context — Judges 14:8
Then, after some days , he came back to take her, and he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 14:8, so the Hebrew word לְקַחְתָּ֔הּ (lekhakhattah) 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.14.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.8.W3.S1) and character.