Genesis 16:3:1Gen.16.3.W1TAB
וַתִּקַּ֞ח
vatikkakh
“{And She} took”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-tik-KAAKH
- IPA
- /wat.tiq.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And She} took
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-tik-KAKH
- clause
va-tik-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mik-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN
- sentence
va-tik-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mik-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-tit-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHA
Exegesis
The verse employs a pair of wayyiqtol verbs—vatikach {וַתִּקַּ֞ח | wat-ti-qaḥ} “and she took” and vatiten {וַתִּתֵּ֥ן | wat-tit-tēn} “and she gave”—to frame Sarai’s actions.
In context — Genesis 16:3
So Sarai, Abram’s wife, after ten years had passed since Abram had settled in the land of Canaan, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maidservant , and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife .
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקַּ֞ח (vatikkakh) 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.16.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.3.W1.S1) and character.