Leviticus 14:42:1Lev.14.42.W1TAB
וְלָקְחוּ֙
velakkhu
“take”
- Transliteration
- ve-lak-KHU
- Extended
- veh-lahk-KHOO
- IPA
- /wəlaqˈxuː/
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lak-KHU
- clause
ve-lak-KHU a-va-NIM a-khe-ROT ve-he-VI-u el-TA-khat ha-a-va-NIM
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU a-va-NIM a-khe-ROT ve-he-VI-u el-TA-khat ha-a-va-NIM ve-a-FAR a-KHER yik-KAKH ve-TAKH et-ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect velakhu {וְלָקְחוּ | wə-lā-qə-ḥû} ‘and they shall take’ and the vav-consecutive perfect vehivi’u {וְהֵבִיאוּ | wə-hē-ḇî-ʾû} ‘and they shall bring’, establishing a procedural sequence.
In context — Leviticus 14:42
And they shall take other stones and bring them to replace the stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:42:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:42, so the Hebrew word וְלָקְחוּ֙ (velakkhu) 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.14.42.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.42.W1.S1) and character.