Exodus 23:8:3Exod.23.8.W3TAB

תִקָּ֑ח

tikkakh

take

Transliteration
tik-KAKH
Extended
tih-KAAKH
IPA
/tiq.ˈqaːħ/

Meaning by language

English
take

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Result
תִק + קָּ֑ח
tik + kakh
tikkakh

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    tik-KAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO tik-KAKH

  3. clause

    ve-SHO-khad LO tik-KAKH

  4. sentence

    ve-SHO-khad LO tik-KAKH KI ha-SHO-khad ye-av-VER pik-KHEEM vee-sal-LEF div-REE tsa-di-KEEM

Exegesis

The negation lo {לֹא | lōʾ} combined with the qal imperfect tikach {תִקָּ֑ח | tiqqāḥ} ‘you shall take’ denotes a universal legal ban.

In contextExodus 23:8

And you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and twists the words of the righteous.

About this coordinate

Exodus 23:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:8, so the Hebrew word תִקָּ֑ח (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 Exod.23.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.8.W3.S1) and character.