Leviticus 14:24:1Lev.14.24.W1TAB
וְלָקַ֧ח
velakakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-lah-KAHKH
- IPA
- /wə.la.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ve-la-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN et-KE-ves ha-a-SHAM ve-et-LOG ha-SHA-men
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN et-KE-ves ha-a-SHAM ve-et-LOG ha-SHA-men ve-he-NIF o-TAM ha-ko-HEN te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the verb velaqach {וְלָקַ֧ח | və-lā-qá-ḥ} ‘and he shall take’, a vav-consecutive Qal perfect that establishes the sequential ritual actions.
In context — Leviticus 14:24
And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:24, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַ֧ח (velakakh) 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 Lev.14.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.24.W1.S1) and character.