Judges 16:12:1Judg.16.12.W1TAB
וַתִּקַּ֣ח
vatikkhakh
“and she took”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-KHAKH
- Extended
- vah-tik-KHAKH
- IPA
- /vat.tiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she 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-KHAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-KHAKH de-li-LA a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM
- clause
va-tik-KHAKH de-li-LA a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ta-as-re-HU va-HEM va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV be-KHA-der
- sentence
va-tik-KHAKH de-li-LA a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ta-as-re-HU va-HEM va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV be-KHA-der va-ye-nat-ke-EM me-AL ze-ro-o-TAV ka-KHUT
Exegesis
The opening verb vatikkach {וַתִּקַּח | va-tiqqāḥ} ‘and she took’ signals narrative progression, with the agent Delilah {דְּלִילָה | dĕ-lî-lāh} introduced.
In context — Judges 16:12
So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them. Then she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” Meanwhile, the ambush lay hidden in the room. But he tore them from his arms like a thread.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:12, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקַּ֣ח (vatikkhakh) 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 Judg.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.12.W1.S1) and character.