Genesis 38:28:4Gen.38.28.W4TAB
וַתִּקַּ֣ח
vatikkakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-tihk-KAKH
- IPA
- /wat.tiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-KAKH ha-me-yal-LE-det
- clause
va-tik-KAKH ha-me-yal-LE-det va-tik-SHOR al-ya-DO sha-NI le-MOR ZE ya-TSA ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ve-lid-TAH va-yit-ten-YAD va-tik-KAKH ha-me-yal-LE-det va-tik-SHOR al-ya-DO sha-NI le-MOR ZE ya-TSA ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
A chain of wayyiqtol verbs—vayitten {וַיִּתֶּן־ | way·yit·tēn} ‘and he put forth’, vattiqqach {וַתִּקַּח | wat·tiq·qaḥ} ‘and she took’, and vattiqshor {וַתִּקְשֹׁר | wat·tiq·šōr} ‘and she tied’—drives the narrative forward, a hallmark of Hebrew prose. The noun yad and its pronominal form yado maintain clear reference to the same emerging infant.
In context — Genesis 38:28
As she was giving birth , one put out a hand; the midwife took it and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 38:28, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקַּ֣ח (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.38.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.28.W4.S1) and character.