Numbers 23:13:4Num.23.13.W4TAB
לך־לְכָה־נָּ֨א
lekhlekhana
“Go, please go”
- Transliteration
- lekh-le-KHA-NA
- Extended
- lehk-leh-KHAH-NAA
- IPA
- /lɛχ.ləˈxaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Go, please go
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
lekh-le-KHA-NA
- phraseyour reading level
lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV ba-LAK lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI el-ma-KOM a-KHER a-SHER tir-e-NU mi-SHAM E-fes ka-TSE-hu tir-EH ve-khul-LO LO tir-EH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV ba-LAK lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI el-ma-KOM a-KHER a-SHER tir-e-NU mi-SHAM E-fes ka-TSE-hu tir-EH ve-khul-LO LO tir-EH ve-kov-NO-li mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The double imperative lekh-lekhā-nāʾ {לֶךְ-לְכָה-נָּ֨א | leḵ-ləḵā-nāʼ} ‘go, please’ combines command and entreaty.
In context — Numbers 23:13
And Balak said to him, “Go, please, with me to another place , where you will see it from there. Only its edge you will see; you will not see all of it. And curse it for me from there.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:13, so the Hebrew word לך־לְכָה־נָּ֨א (lekhlekhana) 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.23.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.13.W4.S1) and character.