Genesis 2:22:5Gen.2.22.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֥ח
asherlakakh
“which he had taken”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-la-KAKH
- Extended
- ah-shehr-lah-KAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.la.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he had taken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
a-sher-la-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA va-ye-vi-E-ha el-ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-lakach min-haadam {אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֥ח מִן־הָֽאָדָ֖ם | ʾă-šer-lā-qaḥ min-hā-ʾā-ḏām} ‘which He had taken from the man’ situates a prior action and its source.
In context — Genesis 2:22
And the LORD God built the rib—which He had taken from the man—into a woman , and He brought her to the man.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 2:22, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֥ח (asherlakakh) 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.2.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.22.W5.S1) and character.