Genesis 14:23:4Gen.14.23.W4TAB
וְאִם־אֶקַּ֖ח
veimekakh
“and if I take”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-e-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-ihm-eh-KAHKH
- IPA
- /wə.ʔim.ʔɛ.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if I 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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-im-e-KAKH
- clause
im-mi-KHUT ve-AD se-rokh-na-AL ve-im-e-KAKH mik-kol-a-sher-LAKH
- sentence
im-mi-KHUT ve-AD se-rokh-na-AL ve-im-e-KAKH mik-kol-a-sher-LAKH ve-LO to-MAR a-NI he-e-SHAR-ti et-av-RAM
Exegesis
The verse continues Abram’s solemn oath, with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’ functioning idiomatically as a prohibition.
A parallel clause introduced by ve-im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} and the imperfect e-kakh {אֶקַּח | ʾeqqaḥ} ‘I take’ broadens the scope via the partitive relative construction mi-kol a-sher lakh {מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָךְ | mik-kol ʾăšer-lāḵ} ‘from everything that is yours.’
In context — Genesis 14:23
I will not take anything that is yours—not even a thread or a sandal strap—so that you will not be able to say, “I have made Abram rich .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 14:23, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־אֶקַּ֖ח (veimekakh) 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 Gen.14.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.23.W4.S1) and character.