Deuteronomy 23:4:17Deut.23.4.W17PATWLC Deuteronomy 23:5
לְקַלֶּלְךָּ׃
lekalelkha
“to curse you”
- Transliteration
- le-ka-LEL-kha
- Extended
- leh-kah-LEHL-khah
- IPA
- /ləkalˈlɛlxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to curse you
- French
- pour te maudire
- Spanish
- para maldecirte
- Portuguese
- para te amaldiçoar
- German
- dich zu verfluchen
- Russian
- проклясть тебя
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِتَلْعَنَكَ
- Hindi
- तुझे शाप देने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 来咒诅你
- Korean
- 너를 저주하려고
- Indonesian
- untuk mengutukmu
- Bengali
- তোমাকে অভিশাপ দিতে
- Tagalog
- upang sumpain ka
- Swahili
- kukulaani
- Amharic
- ሊረግምህ
- Yoruba
- láti fi bú ẹ
- Igbo
- ịkọ gị ọnụ
- Twi
- sɛ ɔnnome wo
- Ewe
- aklã wo
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ka-LEL-kha
- clause
va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha
- sentence
al-de-VAR a-SHER lo-kid-MU et-KHEM ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim ba-DE-rekh be-TSET-KHEM mi-mits-RA-yim va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 23:4
on account of that they did not meet you with the bread and with water on the way when you came out from Egypt and he hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor Aram Naharaim to curse you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 23:4, so the Hebrew word לְקַלֶּלְךָּ׃ (lekalelkha) 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.23.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.4.W17.S1) and character.