Genesis 12:5:14Gen.12.5.W14PAT

לָלֶ֙כֶת֙

lalekhet

to go

Transliteration
la-LE-khet
Extended
lah-LEH-khet
IPA
/laːˈlɛ.xɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
to go
French
pour aller
Spanish
para ir
Portuguese
para ir
German
um zu gehen
Russian
идти
Arabic-Simplified
لِلذَّهَابِ
Hindi
जाने के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
가려고
Indonesian
untuk pergi
Bengali
যেতে
Tagalog
upang pumunta
Swahili
kwenda
Amharic
ለመሄድ
Yoruba
lati lọ
Igbo
ịga
Twi
Ewe
be 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 la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO ve-ET-LOT ben-a-KHIV ve-ET-kol-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER ra-KHA-shu ve-ET-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-a-SU be-kha-RAN va-ye-tse-U la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an

In contextGenesis 12:5

Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot son of his brother and all their possessions that they had acquired and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran they set out to go to the land of Canaan they came to the land of Canaan

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 12:5, 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.12.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.5.W14.S1) and character.