Proverbs 20:16:1Prov.20.16.W1TAB
לְֽקַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ
lekakhbigedo
“take his garment”
- Transliteration
- le-KAKH-bi-ge-DO
- Extended
- leh-KAHKH-bih-geh-DOH
- IPA
- /lə.qaħ.biɡˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- take his garment
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KAKH-bi-ge-DO
- clause
le-KAKH-bi-ge-DO KI-a-RAV ZAR
- sentence
le-KAKH-bi-ge-DO KI-a-RAV ZAR u-ve-AD na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the imperative leqach {לְֽקַח | lə-qāḥ} ‘take’, establishing a direct command.
Root and etymology
l-q-chlamed–qof–chet
“to take, seize”
In context — Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment if he becomes surety for a stranger, and on behalf of foreigners hold him as a pledge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 20:16, so the Hebrew word לְֽקַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ (lekakhbigedo) 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 Prov.20.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.16.W1.S1) and character.