Jeremiah 13:7:4Jer.13.7.W4TAB
וָֽאֶקַּח֙
vaekakh
“and I took”
- Transliteration
- va-e-KAKH
- Extended
- vaa-eh-KAKH
- IPA
- /vaːʔɛqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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-e-KAKH
- clause
va-e-LEKH pe-ra-TA va-e-khPOR va-e-KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-te-man-TIV SHA-ma
- sentence
va-e-LEKH pe-ra-TA va-e-khPOR va-e-KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-te-man-TIV SHA-ma ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL
Exegesis
The verse employs a triplet of Qal wayyiqtol forms (va-elekh {וָאֵלֵ֣ךְ | wā-ʾē-lēḵ} ‘and I went’, va-echpor {וָאֶחְפֹּ֗ר | wā-ʾeḥ-pōr} ‘and I dug’, va-ekkach {וָֽאֶקַּח֙ | wā-ʾə-qāḥ} ‘and I took’) to advance the prophetic action.
In context — Jeremiah 13:7
So I went to Perath and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the waistband was ruined, and it would not succeed for anything.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶקַּח֙ (vaekakh) 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.13.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.7.W4.S1) and character.