Judges 17:2:7Judg.17.2.W7TAB
לֻֽקַּֽח־לָ֗ךְ
lukakhlakh
“was taken from you”
- Transliteration
- lu-KAKH-lakh
- Extended
- luh-KAKH-lahkh
- IPA
- /luqˈqaħ.laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- was taken from you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
lu-KAKH-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lu-KAKH-lakh
- clause
va-YO-mer le-im-MO E-lef u-me-A ha-KE-sef a-SHER lu-KAKH-lakh ve-e-TI ve-AT a-LIT ve-GAM a-MAR-te be-oz-NAI hin-NE-ha-KE-sef it-TI a-NI le-kakh-TIV
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-im-MO E-lef u-me-A ha-KE-sef a-SHER lu-KAKH-lakh ve-e-TI ve-AT a-LIT ve-GAM a-MAR-te be-oz-NAI hin-NE-ha-KE-sef it-TI a-NI le-kakh-TIV va-TO-mer im-MO ba-RUKH be-NI la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher luqach-lakh {אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֻֽקַּֽח־לָ֗ךְ | ʼă-šer lû-qaḥ-lākh} uses a Pual perfect to focus on the mother as the passive recipient of loss.
Root and etymology
ל־ק־ח
“to take, seize”
In context — Judges 17:2
And he said to his mother, “The one thousand one hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you—and though I was present you uttered a curse and also spoke in my hearing—behold, the silver is with me; I am the one who took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD !”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 17:2, so the Hebrew word לֻֽקַּֽח־לָ֗ךְ (lukakhlakh) 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.17.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.2.W7.S1) and character.