Judges 17:4:4Judg.17.4.W4TAB
וַתִּקַּ֣ח
vatikkakh
“and she took”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-tik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vat.tiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef
- clause
va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a sequence of vav-consecutive actions—vayashev {וַיָּ֥שֶׁב | wayyāšeḇ} ‘and he returned’, vattikkakh {וַתִּקַּ֣ח | wattikkāḥ} ‘and she took’, vattittenehu {וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ | wattittənēhû} ‘and she gave it’, wayyaasehu {וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ | wayya‘ăśēhû} ‘and he made it’, vayehi {וַיְהִ֖י | wayəhî} ‘and it came to be’—which creates a rapid narrative flow.
In context — Judges 17:4
So he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a cast idol. And it was in the house of Micah .
About this coordinate
Judges 17:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 17:4, 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 Judg.17.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.4.W4.S1) and character.