Genesis 39:20:1Gen.39.20.W1TAB
וַיִּקַּח֩
vayikkakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈqaħ/
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 | |
| 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 a-do-NEI yo-SEF
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM va-ye-hi-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol form vayyiqqach {וַיִּקַּח | way-yiqqaḥ} ‘and he took’, followed by vayittenehu {וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙ | way-yit-tenē-hû} ‘and he put him’, forming a typical Hebrew narrative chain that advances the storyline through sequential past actions.
In context — Genesis 39:20
And the master of Joseph took him and put him into the house of the prison , the place where the king’s prisoners were bound. And he was there in the house of the prison.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּח֩ (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.39.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.20.W1.S1) and character.