Genesis 37:27:1Gen.37.27.W1PAT

לְכ֞וּ

lekhu

come

Transliteration
le-KHU
Extended
leh-KHOO
IPA
/lə.ˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
come
French
venez
Spanish
venid
Portuguese
vinde
German
kommt
Russian
идите
Arabic-Simplified
تعالوا
Hindi
आओ
Chinese-Simplified
来吧
Korean
오라
Indonesian
mari
Bengali
এসো
Tagalog
halika
Swahili
njoni
Amharic
Yoruba
ẹ wá
Igbo
bianụ
Twi
Momma

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + כ֞וּ
le + khu
lekhu

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KHU

  2. clause

    le-KHU ve-ni-me-ke-RE-nu la-yi-she-me-e-LIM ve-ya-DE-nu al-te-hi-VO ki-a-KHI-nu ve-sa-RE-nu HU

  3. sentence

    le-KHU ve-ni-me-ke-RE-nu la-yi-she-me-e-LIM ve-ya-DE-nu al-te-hi-VO ki-a-KHI-nu ve-sa-RE-nu HU va-yi-she-me-U e-KHAV

In contextGenesis 37:27

come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and our hand let it not be on him for our brother our flesh he and they listened his brothers

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:27, so the Hebrew word לְכ֞וּ (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.37.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.27.W1.S1) and character.