לָקַ֛חְנוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָקַ֛חְנוּ

   la-KHAK-nu

   we took
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ

   KI LO la-KHAK-nu

   for not we took
3. clause🔊 וְהָיָ֡ה כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם לרוב לָרִ֣יב אֵלֵ֗ינוּ וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ חָנּ֣וּנוּ אוֹתָ֔ם כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה

   ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA

   and it will be that when they come their fathers or their brothers to contend to dispute to us then we will say to them show favor to us them for not we took a man his wife in the battle
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֡ה כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם לרוב לָרִ֣יב אֵלֵ֗ינוּ וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ חָנּ֣וּנוּ אוֹתָ֔ם כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה כִּ֣י לֹ֥א אַתֶּ֛ם נְתַתֶּ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם כָּעֵ֥ת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

   ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA KI LO a-TEM ne-TAT-tem la-HEM ka-ET te-e-SHA-mu

   and it will be that when they come their fathers or their brothers to contend to dispute to us then we will say to them show favor to us them for not we took a man his wife in the battle for not you you gave to them at this time you would be guilty

Exegesis

Two causal clauses introduced by ki {כִּ֣י | kî} explain the basis: lakachnu {לָקַ֛חְנוּ | lā-qaḥ-nū} ‘we took’ a wife for each man in bammilchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | ba-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘the war’, and netattem {נְתַתֶּ֥ם | nĕ-ta-tet-tem} ‘you gave’ to them at ka’et {כָּעֵ֥ת | kā-ʿêt} ‘this time’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ל־ק־חl-q-kh

“to take”

• 🔊 לֶקַחlē-qaḥtaking/instructionProverbs 4:2