Ruth 1:8:5Ruth.1.8.W5PAT
לֵ֣כְנָה
lekhnah
“go”
- Transliteration
- LEKH-nah
- Extended
- LEHKH-nah
- IPA
- /ləˈveːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- go
- French
- allez
- Spanish
- vayan
- Portuguese
- vão
- German
- geht
- Russian
- идите
- Arabic-Simplified
- اذهبن
- Hindi
- जाओ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去吧
- Korean
- 가라
- Indonesian
- pergilah
- Bengali
- যাও
- Tagalog
- pumunta kayo
- Swahili
- nendeni
- Amharic
- ሂዱ
- Yoruba
- ẹ 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 | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LEKH-nah
- phraseyour reading level
LEKH-nah SHOHV-nah
- clause
va-TO-mer nah-oh-MEE lihsh-TEI kha-lo-TE-ha LEKH-nah SHOHV-nah i-SHAH leh-VEIT ih-MAA
- sentence
va-TO-mer nah-oh-MEE lihsh-TEI kha-lo-TE-ha LEKH-nah SHOHV-nah i-SHAH leh-VEIT ih-MAA YA-as Ye-ho-VAH ihm-ma-KHEM KHE-sed ka-a-SHER a-SEE-tem im-ha-me-TEEM veh-im-ma-DI
In context — Ruth 1:8
Naomi said to the two her daughters-in-law go return each one to the house of her mother LORD do with you kindness as did with the dead and with me
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 1:8, so the Hebrew word לֵ֣כְנָה (lekhnah) 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.1.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.8.W5.S1) and character.