Jeremiah 13:6:11Jer.13.6.W11TAB
וְקַ֤ח
vekakh
“and take”
- Transliteration
- ve-KAKH
- Extended
- veh-KAHKH
- IPA
- /wəˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KAKH mi-SHAM
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-KAKH mi-SHAM eT-ha-e-ZOR a-SHER tsi-vi-TI-kha le-tam-NO-SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-KETS ya-MIM ra-BIM va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-KAKH mi-SHAM eT-ha-e-ZOR a-SHER tsi-vi-TI-kha le-tam-NO-SHAM
Exegesis
A sequence of imperatives—kum {ק֚וּם | qûm} ‘arise,’ lekh {לֵ֣ךְ | lēḵ} ‘go,’ and veqakh {וְקַ֤ח | wəqāḥ} ‘take’—conveys urgent commands in order.
In context — Jeremiah 13:6
And it happened after many days that the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath , and take from there the girdle which I commanded you to hide there.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 13:6, so the Hebrew word וְקַ֤ח (vekakh) 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 Jer.13.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.6.W11.S1) and character.