Numbers 19:4:1Num.19.4.W1TAB
וְלָקַ֞ח
velakakh
“and shall take”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-laa-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vəlaˈkaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-KAKH
- clause
ve-la-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN mi-da-MAH be-ets-ba-O
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN mi-da-MAH be-ets-ba-O ve-hiz-ZAH el-NO-kakh pe-NEI O-hel-mo-ED mi-da-MAH SHE-va pe-a-MIM
Exegesis
The instruction sequence begins with the vav-consecutive verb velakhach {וְלָקַ֞ח | wə-lā-qaḥ} ‘and he shall take’, setting the ritual action in motion.
In context — Numbers 19:4
Then Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle the blood seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 19:4, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַ֞ח (velakakh) 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.19.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.4.W1.S1) and character.