Genesis 24:6:5Gen.24.6.W5PAT
לְךָ֔
lekha
“to yourself”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to yourself
- French
- à toi-même
- Spanish
- de ti mismo
- Portuguese
- de ti mesmo
- German
- für dich selbst
- Russian
- сам
- Arabic-Simplified
- لنفسك
- Hindi
- अपने लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你自己
- Korean
- 스스로
- Indonesian
- untuk dirimu sendiri
- Bengali
- নিজের জন্য
- Tagalog
- ka
- Swahili
- wewe mwenyewe
- Amharic
- ለራስህ
- Yoruba
- fun ara rẹ
- Igbo
- maka onwe gị
- Twi
- wo ho
- Ewe
- na wò ɖokui
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + ךָ֔
↓
le + kha
↓
lekha
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
hi-SHA-mer le-KHA
- clause
hi-SHA-mer le-KHA pen-ta-SHIV et-be-NI sham-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-ra-HAM hi-SHA-mer le-KHA pen-ta-SHIV et-be-NI sham-MA
In context — Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him take heed to yourself lest you take back my son there
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 24:6, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֔ (lekha) 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.24.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.6.W5.S1) and character.