Leviticus 24:5:1Lev.24.5.W1TAB

וְלָקַחְתָּ֣

vehlahkakhta

“take”

Transliteration: veh-lah-KAKH-TA
Extended: veh-lah-KAKH-TAA
IPA: /və.la.qaħ.ˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English: take

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + לָ + קַחְ + תָּ֣

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veh + lah + kakh + ta

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vehlahkakhta

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
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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The word

Word in context

word
veh-lah-KAKH-TA
phraseyour reading level
veh-lah-KAKH-TA SO-LET
clause
veh-lah-KAKH-TA SO-LET veh-ah-fee-TA oh-TAHh SHTEEM es-REH KHAH-LOT
sentence
veh-lah-KAKH-TA SO-LET veh-ah-fee-TA oh-TAHh SHTEEM es-REH KHAH-LOT SHNEE es-roh-NEEM YIH-YEH ha-kha-LAH ha-eh-KHAT

Exegesis

The opening vav-consecutive velaqahta {וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ | və-lā-qaḥ-tā} ‘and you shall take’ sets a sequential directive.

In context — Leviticus 24:5

You shall take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; two-tenths shall be for each loaf .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 24:5, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ (vehlahkakhta) 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.24.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.5.W1.S1) and character.

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