Numbers 22:6:2Num.22.6.W2TAB
לְכָה־נָּ֨א
lekhana
“go, please”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA-NA
- Extended
- leh-KHAAN-NAH
- IPA
- /ləxaˈna/
Meaning by language
- English
- go, please
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 | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI
- clause
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz KI ya-DA-ti ET a-sher-te-va-REKH me-vo-RACH va-a-SHER ta-OR yu-AR
Exegesis
Imperatives lekhah {לְכָה־ | lə-ḵā-} ‘go’ and arah {אָֽרָה־ | ’ā-rāh} ‘curse’ combine with the entreaty particle na {נָּא | nā} ‘please’ to form a polite command.
In context — Numbers 22:6
And now, please go curse these people for me, because they are mightier than I; perhaps I shall strike them and drive them out from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:6, so the Hebrew word לְכָה־נָּ֨א (lekhana) 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.22.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.6.W2.S1) and character.