Numbers 22:35:5Num.22.35.W5TAB
לֵ֚ךְ
lekh
“go”
- Transliteration
- LEKH
- Extended
- LEHKH
- IPA
- /leːχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- go
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
LEKH
- clause
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM LEKH im-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-EFES et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-LE-kha o-TO te-da-BER
- sentence
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM LEKH im-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-EFES et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-LE-kha o-TO te-da-BER va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-sa-REI va-LAK
Exegesis
The command employs the Qal imperative lekh {לֵ֚ךְ | lêkh} ‘go’ with the prepositional phrase im-ha-anashim {עִם־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים | ʿim ha-ʾănāšîm} ‘with the men’, indicating accompaniment.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem-lamed-kaf
“king, to reign”
In context — Numbers 22:35
The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you; you shall speak it.” So Balaam went with Balak’s princes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:35, so the Hebrew word לֵ֚ךְ (lekh) 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.22.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.35.W5.S1) and character.