Exodus 5:4:11Exod.5.4.W11PAT

לְכ֖וּ

lekhu

go

Transliteration
le-KHU
Extended
leh-KHOO
IPA
/lə.ˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
go
French
allez
Spanish
id
Portuguese
ide
German
geht
Russian
идите
Arabic-Simplified
اذهبوا
Hindi
जाओ
Chinese-Simplified
去吧
Korean
가라
Indonesian
pergilah
Bengali
যাও
Tagalog
humayo
Swahili
nendeni
Amharic
ሂዱ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
gaanụ
Twi
monkɔ
Ewe
yi

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Result
לְ + כ֖וּ
le + khu
lekhu

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KHU

  2. clause

    le-KHU le-siv-lo-TE-khem

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ME-lekh mits-RA-yim la-MA mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON taf-RI-u et-ha-AM mim-ma-a-SAV le-KHU le-siv-lo-TE-khem

In contextExodus 5:4

and said to them king of Egypt why Moses and Aaron do you take away the people from his work go to your burdens

About this coordinate

Exodus 5:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 5:4, so the Hebrew word לְכ֖וּ (lekhu) 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.5.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.4.W11.S1) and character.