Numbers 13:20:10Num.13.20.W10TAB
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖ם
ulekakhtem
“and take”
- Transliteration
- u-le-kakh-TEM
- Extended
- uu-leh-kakh-TEM
- IPA
- /u.ləˈkax.tem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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Word in context
- word
u-le-kakh-TEM
- clause
u-MAH ha-A-retz hash-me-NAH hi-U im-ra-ZAH ha-YESH-BAH ETS im-AIN ve-hit-khaz-AK-tem u-le-kakh-TEM mi-PRI ha-A-retz
- sentence
u-MAH ha-A-retz hash-me-NAH hi-U im-ra-ZAH ha-YESH-BAH ETS im-AIN ve-hit-khaz-AK-tem u-le-kakh-TEM mi-PRI ha-A-retz ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM
Exegesis
The paratactic sequence ve-hitchazakten {וְהִתְחַזַּקְתֶּם | və-hit-ḥaz-zäq-tēm} ‘and you strengthen yourselves’ (Hitpael perfect) and u-lekakhtem {וּלְקַחְתֶּם | u-lə-ḵaḥ-tēm} ‘and you take’ (Qal perfect) issues an exhortation.
In context — Numbers 13:20
And what about the land— is it fertile or lean ? Is there a tree within it or not? And you must strengthen yourselves and bring back some of the fruit of the land. Now the days were the days of the firstfruits of grapes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 13:20, so the Hebrew word וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖ם (ulekakhtem) 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 Num.13.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.20.W10.S1) and character.