Numbers 19:21:3Num.19.21.W3TAB
לְחֻקַּ֣ת
lekhukat
“a statute”
- Transliteration
- le-khu-KAT
- Extended
- leh-khu-KAHT
- IPA
- /ləħuˈkat/
Meaning by language
- English
- a statute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-khu-KAT
- phraseyour reading level
le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM u-maz-ZEH mei-ha-ni-DAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ha-no-GEA be-MEI ha-ni-DAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The construct chain lekhukkat olam {לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם | ləḥuqqāṯ ʿōlām} ‘statute forever’ emphasizes perpetuity.
Root and etymology
RootCheth–Qoph–Qoph
“to inscribe, decree”
In context — Numbers 19:21
And it shall be for them a statute forever, and the one who sprinkles the water of impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of impurity will be unclean until evening .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 19:21, so the Hebrew word לְחֻקַּ֣ת (lekhukat) 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.19.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.21.W3.S1) and character.