Numbers 22:30:15Num.22.30.W15TAB
לְךָ֖
lekha
“to you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ləˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT le-KHA
- clause
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO
- sentence
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO va-yo-MER LO
Exegesis
The infinitive construct laasot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la·ʿă·šôṯ} ‘to do’ with the prepositional suffix lekha {לְךָ֖ | le·ḵā} ‘for you’ and the adverb koh {כֹּה֙ | kō} ‘thus’ defines the action.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem-lamed-kaf
“king, to reign”
In context — Numbers 22:30
And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey , which you have ridden upon me from your beginnings until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do thus for you?” And he said, “No.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:30:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֖ (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.22.30.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W15.S1) and character.