Genesis 37:20:2Gen.37.20.W2PAT
לְכ֣וּ
lekhu
“come”
- Transliteration
- le-KHU
- Extended
- leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /ləˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- come
- French
- venez
- Spanish
- venid
- Portuguese
- venham
- German
- kommt
- Russian
- пойдёмте
- Arabic-Simplified
- هلمّوا
- Hindi
- आओ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 来吧
- Korean
- 오너라
- Indonesian
- datanglah
- Bengali
- এসো
- Tagalog
- halikayo
- Swahili
- njooni
- Amharic
- ኑ
- Yoruba
- ẹ wá
- Igbo
- bịanụ
- Twi
- mommra
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-TA le-KHU ve-na-har-GE-hu
- clause
ve-a-TA le-KHU ve-na-har-GE-hu ve-na-she-li-KHE-hu be-a-KHAD ha-bo-ROT ve-a-MA-re-nu khai-YA ra-AH a-kha-LA-te-hu
- sentence
ve-a-TA le-KHU ve-na-har-GE-hu ve-na-she-li-KHE-hu be-a-KHAD ha-bo-ROT ve-a-MA-re-nu khai-YA ra-AH a-kha-LA-te-hu ve-ni-re-EH ma-yi-he-YU kha-lo-mo-TAV
In context — Genesis 37:20
and now come and let us kill him and let us throw him into one of the pits and we will say a wild animal fierce has devoured him and we will see what will be his dreams
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 37:20, so the Hebrew word לְכ֣וּ (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 Gen.37.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.20.W2.S1) and character.