Numbers 18:6:3Num.18.6.W3TAB
לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙
lakakhti
“I have taken”
- Transliteration
- la-KAKH-ti
- Extended
- laa-KAHKH-tee
- IPA
- /laːˈkax.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have taken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KAKH-ti
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti
- clause
va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEM mat-ta-NAH ne-tu-NIM la-ye-ho-VAH la-a-VOD ET-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The perfect verb laqaḥti {לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙ | lā-qaḥ-tî} indicates completed divine action.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-qof-chet
“to take, select”
In context — Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel for you a gift given to the LORD to serve the service of the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 18:6, so the Hebrew word לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙ (lakakhti) 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.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.6.W3.S1) and character.