Judges 19:11:9Judg.19.11.W9TAB
לְכָה־נָּ֛א
lekhana
“come now”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA-na
- Extended
- leh-KHAA-naa
- IPA
- /ləˈχaː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- come now
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA-na
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-NA-ar EL-a-do-NA-v le-KHA-na ve-na-SU-ra EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI ha-ZOT ve-na-LIN BA
- sentence
HEM IM-ye-VUS ve-ha-YOM RAD me-OD va-yo-MER ha-NA-ar EL-a-do-NA-v le-KHA-na ve-na-SU-ra EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI ha-ZOT ve-na-LIN BA
In context — Judges 19:11
Now they were near Jebus, and the day had declined greatly. Then the servant said to his master, “Please let us go and turn aside to this city of the Jebusite and let us spend the night in it.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 19:11, so the Hebrew word לְכָה־נָּ֛א (lekhana) 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.19.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.11.W9.S1) and character.