Ezekiel 16:18:1Ezek.16.18.W1TAB
וַתִּקְחִ֛י
vatikkhi
“and you took”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-KHI
- Extended
- vah-tihk-KHEE
- IPA
- /vat.tiqˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tik-KHI
- clause
va-tik-KHI et-big-DE rik-ma-TEKH va-te-kha-SIM
- sentence
va-tik-KHI et-big-DE rik-ma-TEKH va-te-kha-SIM ve-sham-NI u-ke-tar-TI na-ta-TI na-TAT lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vatikchi {וַתִּקְחִי | wat-tiq-ḥî} ‘and you took,’ signaling a sequential perfective action by the feminine singular subject.
Root and etymology
ח־י־י
“live”
In context — Ezekiel 16:18
And you took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you placed my oil and my incense before them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:18, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְחִ֛י (vatikkhi) 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 Ezek.16.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.18.W1.S1) and character.