Deuteronomy 16:21:2Deut.16.21.W2PAT
לְךָ֛
lekha
“for yourself”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for yourself
- French
- pour toi-même
- Spanish
- para ti mismo
- Portuguese
- para ti mesmo
- German
- für dich selbst
- Russian
- для себя
- Arabic-Simplified
- لنفسك
- Hindi
- अपने लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给你自己
- Korean
- 너 자신을 위해
- Indonesian
- untuk dirimu sendiri
- Bengali
- নিজের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa sarili mo
- Swahili
- kwa ajili yako mwenyewe
- Amharic
- ለራስህ
- Yoruba
- fún ara rẹ
- Igbo
- maka onwe gị
- Twi
- wo ho
- Ewe
- na wò ŋutɔ
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ti-TA le-KHA
- clause
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kohl-ETS
- sentence
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kohl-ETS E-TSEL miz-BAKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SEH-lakh
In context — Deuteronomy 16:21
you shall not plant for yourself Asherah any tree beside the altar of LORD your God that you shall make for yourself
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 16:21, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֛ (lekha) 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 Deut.16.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.21.W2.S1) and character.