Judges 20:10:12Judg.20.10.W12TAB
לָקַ֥חַת
lakhakhat
“to take”
- Transliteration
- la-KHA-khat
- Extended
- laa-KHAH-khat
- IPA
- /laːqaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- to take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
la-KHA-khat tse-DA
- clause
ve-la-KHAkh-nu a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM la-me-A le-KHOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL u-me-A la-E-lef ve-E-lef la-re-va-VA la-KHA-khat tse-DA la-AM
- sentence
ve-la-KHAkh-nu a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM la-me-A le-KHOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL u-me-A la-E-lef ve-E-lef la-re-va-VA la-KHA-khat tse-DA la-AM la-a-SOT le-vo-AM le-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ke-khol-ha-ne-va-LA a-SHER a-SA be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs lakachat {לָקַחַת | lā-qa-ḥat} and la’asot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-śōt} govern tzedah to express purposeful intent (“to take provision,” “to do”), while levo’am {לְבוֹאָם | lə-vo-ʾām} adds a temporal–result clause for their coming to Gibeah, highlighting preparatory readiness.
Root and etymology
“to take, seize”
In context — Judges 20:10
And we will take ten men from every hundred of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from every thousand, and a thousand from every ten thousand, to secure provisions for the people , so that they may act when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin according to all the outrage done in Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:10, so the Hebrew word לָקַ֥חַת (lakhakhat) 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.20.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.10.W12.S1) and character.