Genesis 17:23:1Gen.17.23.W1TAB
וַיִּקַּ֨ח
vayikkakh
“{And He} took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mik-NAT kas-PO kol-za-KHAR be-an-SHEI BEIT av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mik-NAT kas-PO kol-za-KHAR be-an-SHEI BEIT av-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the verb vayyikach {וַיִּקַּ֨ח | wayyiqqaḥ} ‘and he took’, using the Qal wayyiqtol with vav consecutive to link back to God’s command.
In context — Genesis 17:23
That same day Abraham took Ishmael his son, along with everyone born in his house and everyone bought with his silver —every male in Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, just as God had spoken to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֨ח (vayikkakh) 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.17.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W1.S1) and character.