Leviticus 23:40:1Lev.23.40.W1TAB
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם
oolehkakhtem
“take”
- Transliteration
- oo-leh-KAKH-TEM
- Extended
- oo-leh-KAHKH-TEHM
- IPA
- /u.lə.qaχˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM
- clause
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal
- sentence
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive marker ulekhakhtem {וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם | ulə-qaḥ-ṯem} ‘and you shall take’, which introduces a ritual directive.
In context — Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a beautiful tree , branches of palm trees, a bough of thick-leaved tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:40, so the Hebrew word וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם (oolehkakhtem) 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.23.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.40.W1.S1) and character.