Deuteronomy 21:3:5Deut.21.3.W5PAT

וְלָֽקְח֡וּ

velakkhu

and shall take

Transliteration
ve-laK-KHU
Extended
veh-lahk-KHOO
IPA
/və.laqˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
and shall take
French
et prendront
Spanish
y tomarán
Portuguese
e tomarão
German
werden nehmen
Russian
и возьмут
Arabic-Simplified
وَيَأْخُذُونَ
Hindi
और लेंगे
Chinese-Simplified
并要取
Korean
가져갈 것이다
Indonesian
akan mengambil
Bengali
নেবে
Tagalog
kukuha
Swahili
na watachukua
Amharic
ይወስዳሉ
Yoruba
yóò sì mú
Igbo
ga-ewere
Twi
bɛfa
Ewe
aɖe

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Result
וְ + לָֽקְ + ח֡וּ
ve + lak + khu
velakkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-laK-KHU

  2. clause

    ve-laK-KHU zik-NEE ha-IR ha-HU eg-LAT ba-KAR a-SHER lo-oo-BAD BAH a-SHER lo-mash-KHA be-OL

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ha-IR hak-ke-ro-VA el-he-kha-LAL ve-laK-KHU zik-NEE ha-IR ha-HU eg-LAT ba-KAR a-SHER lo-oo-BAD BAH a-SHER lo-mash-KHA be-OL

In contextDeuteronomy 21:3

the city the nearest to the slain man and it shall be elders of the city that and shall take a heifer of cattle which has not been worked with it which has not pulled in a yoke

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְלָֽקְח֡וּ (velakkhu) 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.21.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.3.W5.S1) and character.