Numbers 23:7:12Num.23.7.W12TAB

וּלְכָ֖ה

ulekha

“and come”

Transliteration: u-le-KHA
Extended: u-leh-KHAA
IPA: /uləˈxaː/

Meaning by language

English: and come

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Result

וּ + לְ + כָ֖ה

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u + le + kha

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ulekha

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	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

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Word in context

word
u-le-KHA
clause
min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

Finally, the paired imperatives ləḵâ ’ārāh-lî {לְכָה אָֽרָה־לִּ֣י | ləḵâ ’ārāh-lî} and ûl’əkhâ zōʿâmâ {וּלְכָה זֹעֲמָ֥ה | ûl’əḵâ zōʿâmâ} structure the dual commands to curse and to denounce Israel, highlighting urgency and emotional force.

In context — Numbers 23:7

Then he lifted up his oracle and said, “Balak the king of Moab has led me from Aram from the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’”

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word וּלְכָ֖ה (ulekha) 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.23.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W12.S1) and character.

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