Numbers 23:11:9Num.23.11.W9TAB
לְקַחְתִּ֔יךָ
lekakhtikha
“I took you”
- Transliteration
- le-kakh-TI-kha
- Extended
- leh-kakh-TEE-khah
- IPA
- /ləkaxˈtiːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- I took 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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kakh-TI-kha
- clause
la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH
Exegesis
The perfect lekachtikha {לְקַחְתִּ֔יךָ | lə-ḵaḥ-tî-ṯāḵ} ‘I have taken you’ recalls Balak’s prior action.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-qoph-chet
“to take”
In context — Numbers 23:11
And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies , but behold, you have surely blessed them.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 23:11, so the Hebrew word לְקַחְתִּ֔יךָ (lekakhtikha) 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.23.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.11.W9.S1) and character.