Genesis 11:31:18Gen.11.31.W18PAT

לָלֶ֙כֶת֙

lalekhet

to go

Transliteration
la-le-KHET
Extended
lah-leh-KHET
IPA
/laː.lɛ.ˈxɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
to go
French
aller
Spanish
ir
Portuguese
ir
German
gehen
Russian
идти
Arabic-Simplified
للذهاب
Hindi
जाने
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
가려고
Indonesian
pergi
Bengali
যেতে
Tagalog
pumaroon
Swahili
kwenda
Amharic
ለመሄድ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
ịga
Twi
Ewe
yi

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Result
לָ + לֶ֙ + כֶת֙
la + le + khet
lalekhet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-le-KHET

  2. clause

    va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH TE-rakh et-av-RAM be-NO ve-et-LOT ben-ha-RAN ben-be-NO ve-ET sa-RAI ka-la-TO E-shet av-RAM be-NO va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM

In contextGenesis 11:31

Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his grandson and Sarai his daughter-in-law wife of Abram his son they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go toward the land of Canaan they came as far as Haran they settled there

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:31:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 11:31, so the Hebrew word לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ (lalekhet) 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 Gen.11.31.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.31.W18.S1) and character.