1 Samuel 16:2:121 Sam.16.2.W12TAB
תִּקַּ֣ח
tikkakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- tik-KAKH
- Extended
- tihk-KAKH
- IPA
- /baːˈqaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL EKH e-LEKH ve-sha-MA sha-UL va-ha-ra-GA-ni va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
Exegesis
The imperative tikkach {תִּקַּח | ti-qqaḥ} “take” and the perfect ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-’ā-mar-tā} “and say” direct Samuel’s actions.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:2
And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take the heifer of the herd in your hand and say, ‘To sacrifice to the LORD I have come.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word תִּקַּ֣ח (tikkakh) 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 1 Sam.16.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.2.W12.S1) and character.