Numbers 19:17:1Num.19.17.W1TAB
וְלָֽקְחוּ֙
velakkhu
“and they shall take”
- Transliteration
- ve-lak-KHU
- Extended
- veh-lahk-KHU
- IPA
- /vəlaqˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lak-KHU
- clause
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT ve-na-TAN a-LAV MA-yim kha-YIM el-KE-li
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive on velaqchu {וְלָֽקְחוּ | wə-lā-qə-ḥû} ‘and they shall take’ and venatan {וְנָתַן | wə-nā-ṭān} ‘and he shall put’ to sequence the ritual steps.
In context — Numbers 19:17
And they shall take for the unclean person from the ashes of the burned sin-offering, and they shall put living water into a vessel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 19:17, so the Hebrew word וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ (velakkhu) 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.19.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.17.W1.S1) and character.