Judges 19:7:3Judg.19.7.W3TAB

לָלֶ֑כֶת

lalekhet

to go

Transliteration
la-LE-khet
Extended
laa-LEH-kheht
IPA
/laːˈlɛxɛt/

Meaning by language

English
to go

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Result
לָ + לֶ֑ + כֶת
la + le + khet
lalekhet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-LE-khet

  2. clause

    va-ya-KAM ha-ISH la-LE-khet

  3. sentence

    va-ya-KAM ha-ISH la-LE-khet va-yif-TSAR-BO kho-TE-no va-ya-SHAV va-ya-LEN SHAM

Exegesis

The subject of the first clause is the man (hāʼîš {הָאִישׁ | hāʼîš} ‘the man’), whose purpose is conveyed by the infinitive construct lālĕ́keṯ {לָלֶכֶת | lālĕ́keṯ} ‘to go’.

In contextJudges 19:7

And the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged , so he returned and spent the night there.

About this coordinate

Judges 19:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 19:7, so the Hebrew word לָלֶ֑כֶת (lalekhet) 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.19.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.7.W3.S1) and character.