Exodus 12:7:1Exod.12.7.W1PAT

וְלָֽקְחוּ֙

velakhkhu

and they shall take

Transliteration
ve-lakh-KHU
Extended
veh-lahk-KHOO
IPA
/və.laːq.ˈħuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they shall take
French
et ils prendront
Spanish
y tomarán
Portuguese
e tomarão
German
und sie werden nehmen
Russian
и они возьмут
Arabic-Simplified
وَيَأْخُذُونَ
Hindi
और वे लेंगे
Chinese-Simplified
并且他们要取
Korean
그리고 그들은 가져갈 것이다
Indonesian
dan mereka akan mengambil
Bengali
আর তারা নেবে
Tagalog
at kukunin nila
Swahili
na wao watachukua
Amharic
እነርሱም ይወስዳሉ
Yoruba
ati wọn yóò mú
Igbo
ha ga-ewere
Twi
na wɔbɛfa
Ewe
eye woatsɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לָֽקְ + חוּ֙
ve + lakh + khu
velakhkhu

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-lakh-KHU

  2. clause

    ve-lakh-KHU min-ha-DAM ve-nat-NU al-she-TEI ham-me-zu-ZOT ve-al-ham-mash-KOF

  3. sentence

    ve-lakh-KHU min-ha-DAM ve-nat-NU al-she-TEI ham-me-zu-ZOT ve-al-ham-mash-KOF AL hab-bat-TIM a-sher-yo-khe-LU o-TO ba-HEM

In contextExodus 12:7

and they shall take from the blood and they shall put on the two the doorposts and on the lintel on the houses which they shall eat it in them

About this coordinate

Exodus 12:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 12:7, so the Hebrew word וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ (velakhkhu) 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 Exod.12.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.7.W1.S1) and character.