Genesis 12:1:4Gen.12.1.W4PAT
לֶךְ־לְךָ֛
lekhlekha
“go”
- Transliteration
- lekh-le-KHA
- Extended
- lehkh-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /lɛx.ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- go
- French
- va-t'en
- Spanish
- vete
- Portuguese
- vai-te
- German
- geh
- Russian
- иди
- Arabic-Simplified
- اذهب
- Hindi
- जा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去吧
- Korean
- 떠나라
- Indonesian
- pergilah
- Bengali
- যাও
- Tagalog
- humayo
- Swahili
- nenda
- Amharic
- ሂድ
- Yoruba
- lọ
- Igbo
- gawa
- Twi
- kɔ
- Ewe
- yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lekh-le-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM lekh-le-KHA me-ar-tse-KHA u-mi-mo-lad-te-KHA u-mi-BEIT a-VI-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM lekh-le-KHA me-ar-tse-KHA u-mi-mo-lad-te-KHA u-mi-BEIT a-VI-kha el-ha-A-rets a-SHER ar-E-ka
In context — Genesis 12:1
LORD said to Abram go from your land and from your kindred and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 12:1, so the Hebrew word לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ (lekhlekha) 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.12.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.1.W4.S1) and character.