Numbers 21:8:5Num.21.8.W5TAB
לְךָ֙
lekha
“for yourself”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAH
- IPA
- /lɛˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for yourself
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SEH le-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES ve-ha-YA kol-ha-NA-shukh ve-ra-AH o-TO va-KHAI
Exegesis
The imperative aseh lekha {עֲשֵׂה לְךָ | ʿă-sêh lə-ḵā} provides Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šēh} with a personal command.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaph
“king”
In context — Numbers 21:8
And the LORD said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten looks at it and lives.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:8, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֙ (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.21.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.8.W5.S1) and character.