Ruth 1:12:3Ruth.1.12.W3PAT
לֵ֔כְןָ
lekhna
“go”
- Transliteration
- LEKH-na
- Extended
- LEHKH-nah
- IPA
- /ˈleːx.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- go
- French
- allez
- Spanish
- vayan
- Portuguese
- ide
- German
- geht
- Russian
- идите
- Arabic-Simplified
- اِذْهَبْنَ
- Hindi
- जाओ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去吧
- Korean
- 가라
- Indonesian
- pergilah
- Bengali
- যাও
- Tagalog
- umalis kayo
- Swahili
- nendeni
- Amharic
- ሂዱ
- Yoruba
- lọ
- Igbo
- gaa
- Twi
- monkɔ
- Ewe
- yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LEKH-na
- clause
SHOV-na ve-no-TAI LEKH-na KI ZA-kan-ti mih-he-YOT leh-ISH
- sentence
SHOV-na ve-no-TAI LEKH-na KI ZA-kan-ti mih-he-YOT leh-ISH KI a-MAR-ti YESH-li tik-VA GAM ha-YI-ti hal-LAI-la leh-ISH ve-GAM ya-LAD-ti va-NIM
In context — Ruth 1:12
turn back my daughters go for I have grown old from being to a man if I said I have hope even I was the night to a man and even I bore sons
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ruth 1:12, so the Hebrew word לֵ֔כְןָ (lekhna) 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 Ruth.1.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.12.W3.S1) and character.