Leviticus 14:6:3Lev.14.6.W3TAB
יִקַּ֣ח
yikkakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- yik-KAKH
- Extended
- yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /jikˈkaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
yik-KAKH o-TAH
- clause
et-ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA yik-KAKH o-TAH ve-et-ETS ha-E-rez ve-et-she-NEE ha-to-la-AT ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV
- sentence
et-ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA yik-KAKH o-TAH ve-et-ETS ha-E-rez ve-et-she-NEE ha-to-la-AT ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL o-TAM ve-ET ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA be-DAM ha-tsi-POR hash-khoo-TAH al ha-MAI-yim ha-khai-YIM
Exegesis
The construction opens with the direct-object marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} ‘direct object marker’, signaling the three-item series governed by the Qal imperfect yiqqāḥ {יִקַּח | yiqqāḥ} ‘he shall take’.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed-qof-het
“to take”
In context — Leviticus 14:6
He shall take the living bird along with the cedar wood, the scarlet, and the hyssop , and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:6, so the Hebrew word יִקַּ֣ח (yikkakh) 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 Lev.14.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.6.W3.S1) and character.