Genesis 42:19:9Gen.42.19.W9PAT

לְכ֣וּ

lekhu

go

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

Meaning by language

English
go
French
allez
Spanish
vayan
Portuguese
ide
German
geht
Russian
идите
Arabic-Simplified
اذهبوا
Hindi
जाओ
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
가라
Indonesian
pergilah
Bengali
যাও
Tagalog
humayo
Swahili
nendeni
Amharic
ሂዱ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
gaanụ
Twi
monkɔ
Ewe
yi

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Result
לְ + כ֣וּ
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. phraseyour reading level

    le-KHU ha-VI-u

  3. clause

    ve-a-TEM le-KHU ha-VI-u SHE-ver ra-a-VON ba-TEI-khem

  4. sentence

    im-ke-NIM a-TEM a-khi-KHEM e-KHAD ye-a-SER be-VEIT mish-mar-KHEM ve-a-TEM le-KHU ha-VI-u SHE-ver ra-a-VON ba-TEI-khem

In contextGenesis 42:19

if honest you are your brothers one of shall be confined in the house of your custody and you go bring grain for famine of your households

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 42:19, 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.42.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.19.W9.S1) and character.