Judges 18:17:9Judg.18.17.W9TAB
לָקְח֗וּ
lakhu
“they took”
- Transliteration
- la-KHU
- Extended
- laa-KHUU
- IPA
- /laːˈqħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHU
- clause
va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA
Root and etymology
RootLamed–Qof–Ḥet
“to take, seize”
In context — Judges 18:17
And five of the men who went to spy out the land went up; they came there and took the carved image , the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image. Then the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:17, so the Hebrew word לָקְח֗וּ (lakhu) 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.18.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.17.W9.S1) and character.