Numbers 18:9:2Num.18.9.W2TAB
לְךָ֛
lekha
“for you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAH
- IPA
- /lɛˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ze-YIH-yeh le-KHA
- clause
ze-YIH-yeh le-KHA mik-KO-desh hak-ko-da-SHIM min-ha-ESH
- sentence
ze-YIH-yeh le-KHA mik-KO-desh hak-ko-da-SHIM min-ha-ESH kol-kar-ba-NAM le-KHOL-min-kha-TAM ul-KHOL-khat-ta-TAM ul-KHOL-a-sha-MAM a-SHER ya-shi-VOO li KO-desh ka-da-SHIM le-KHA HU ul-va-NE-kha
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase lə-kha ûlē-vanêka {לְךָ וּלְבָנֶיךָ | lə-kha ūlē-vanêkhā} ‘for you and for your sons’ designates hereditary entitlement, reflected in English by a parallel series preserving the Hebrew cumulative and intensifying structures.
Root and etymology
l-klamed-kaph
“for you”
In context — Numbers 18:9
This shall be yours from the most holy things , reserved from the fire: all their offerings, all their grain offerings, all their sin offerings, and all their guilt offerings which they bring to Me . They shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 18:9, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֛ (lekha) 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.18.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.9.W2.S1) and character.