לְכוּ (Lekhu)

MEANINGCome! Go! Plural imperative of halakh (to walk/go). The repeated imperative of Isaiah 55:1 --- four times in one verse. The urgency of Thread 7's invitation in grammatical form.

GRAMMARQal imperative plural of הָלַךְ (halakh --- to walk, go). The imperative form is direct command addressed to the audience. Plural because it goes to the whole group introduced by kol-tsame (everyone who thirsts). Four uses in Isaiah 55:1 (lekhu la-mayim\... lekhu shivru ve-ekholu\... lekhu shivru\... lekhu ekholu) create urgent rhythmic repetition --- the invitation is pressing, persistent, immediate.

SIGNIFICANCEThe four-fold lekhu of Isaiah 55:1 is Thread 7's OT urgency argument. The invitation is not a quiet notification --- it is an urgent, repeated, public summons. This same urgency appears in Jesus's deute (come! --- Matthew 11:28) and in Revelation 22:17's repeated kai (and\... and\... and come). Thread 7 is not a passive door --- it is an active, repeated, urgent call.

KEY VERSE / SCRIPTURESIsaiah 55:1 (four times); used throughout OT for urgent summons.

CROSS-REFERENCESIsaiah 55:1 · δεῦτε deute (Matthew 11:28 --- NT equivalent imperative) · Revelation 22:17