Genesis 18:8:1Gen.18.8.W1TAB
וַיִּקַּ֨ח
vayikkakh
“{And} he took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAAKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈqaːħ/
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 khem-AH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU
Exegesis
It opens with vayiqach {וַיִּקַּ֨ח | way-yiq-qaḥ} 'and he took', presenting successive actions.
In context — Genesis 18:8
And he took curds and milk , and the calf that he had prepared, and he placed it before them; and he stood over them under the tree, and they ate.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:8, 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.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W1.S1) and character.