Leviticus 16:12:1Lev.16.12.W1TAB
וְלָקַ֣ח
vehlakakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- veh-la-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-lah-KAKH
- IPA
- /vəlaˈqaχ/
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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Word in context
- word
veh-la-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH
- clause
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH
- sentence
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH veh-he-VEE mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
Exegesis
The Hebrew uses the vav-consecutive with velaqqach {וְלָקַ֣ח | və-lā-qaḥ} ‘and he shall take’ to establish sequential ritual actions.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥl-q-ḥ
“to take”
In context — Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a full censer of coals of fire from upon the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely beaten incense , and he shall bring it inside the veil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַ֣ח (vehlakakh) 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.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.12.W1.S1) and character.