וַיִּקַּ֣ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּקַּ֣ח

   va-yik-KAKH

   and he took
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־עִיּ֡וֹן

   va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON

   and he took Ijon
3. clause🔊 בִּימֵ֞י פֶּ֣קַח מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל בָּא֮ תִּגְלַ֣ת פִּלְאֶסֶר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־עִיּ֡וֹן וְאֶת־אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֡ה וְאֶת־יָ֠נוֹחַ וְאֶת־קֶ֨דֶשׁ וְאֶת־חָצ֤וֹר וְאֶת־הַגִּלְעָד֙ וְאֶת־הַגָּלִ֔ילָה כֹּ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ נַפְתָּלִ֑י

   bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI

   in the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath pileser king of Assyria and he took Ijon and Abel Beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and the Gilead and the Galilee all land of Naphtali
4. sentence🔊 בִּימֵ֞י פֶּ֣קַח מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל בָּא֮ תִּגְלַ֣ת פִּלְאֶסֶר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־עִיּ֡וֹן וְאֶת־אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֡ה וְאֶת־יָ֠נוֹחַ וְאֶת־קֶ֨דֶשׁ וְאֶת־חָצ֤וֹר וְאֶת־הַגִּלְעָד֙ וְאֶת־הַגָּלִ֔ילָה כֹּ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ נַפְתָּלִ֑י וַיַּגְלֵ֖ם אַשּֽׁוּרָה׃

   bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI va-yag-LEM a-shu-RA

   in the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath pileser king of Assyria and he took Ijon and Abel Beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and the Gilead and the Galilee all land of Naphtali and he exiled them to Assyria

Exegesis

The simple verb ba {בָּא֮ | bā’} ‘came’ signals a sudden incursion, immediately followed by the vav-consecutive vayikkach {וַיִּקַּ֣ח | way-yiq-qaḥ} ‘and he took’, introducing a series of direct objects marked by et {אֶת־ | ’et}.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ל־ק־חlamed–qof–ḥet

“to seize, take”

• 🔊 לָקַחlā-qaḥhe tookExodus 18:8