Leviticus 14:4:3Lev.14.4.W3TAB
וְלָקַ֧ח
vehlahkakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- veh-lah-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-lah-KAKH
- IPA
- /vəlaˈkaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-lah-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER
- clause
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT te-ho-ROT
- sentence
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT te-ho-ROT veh-ETS EH-rez oo-she-NEE to-LA-at veh-EH-ZOV
Exegesis
It continues with velakach {וְלָקַ֧ח | wə-lā-qaḥ} ‘and he shall take’, indicating sequential action.
In context — Leviticus 14:4
Then the priest shall command that two living clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop be taken for the one being cleansed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַ֧ח (vehlahkakh) 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.14.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.4.W3.S1) and character.