Exodus 17:5:7Exod.17.5.W7TAB
וְקַ֥ח
vekakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- ve-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-KAHKH
- IPA
- /və.ˈqaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KAKH it-TE-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL u-mat-TE-kha a-SHER hi-KI-ta BO et-ha-ye-OR KAKH be-YAD-kha ve-ha-lakh-TA
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the coordinated imperatives avor {עֲבֹר | ʿăvōr} “go on ahead” and ve-qakh {וְקַח | wə-qāḥ} “take” direct the sequence of actions, with lifnei ha-am {לִפְנֵי הָעָם | lîpnê hā-ʿām} specifying position before the assembly.
In context — Exodus 17:5
The LORD said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand your staff —the one with which you struck the Nile—and go.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 17:5, so the Hebrew word וְקַ֥ח (vekakh) 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 Exod.17.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.5.W7.S1) and character.