Leviticus 21:13:4Lev.21.13.W4TAB
יִקָּֽח׃
yikkakh
“shall take”
- Transliteration
- yik-KAKH
- Extended
- yik-KAAKH
- IPA
- /jiqˈqaːħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yik-KAKH
- sentence
veh-HOO ish-SHAH vi-veh-too-LEH-hah yik-KAKH
Exegesis
The imperfect verb yikkach {יִקָּח | yiq-qāḥ} ‘he shall take’ conveys a normative future command. Hebrew’s verb-final order (noun-construct-verb) places emphasis on the legal stipulation, while English shifts to subject-verb-object order to maintain clarity and preserve the law’s force.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-kaf-chet
“to take, to accept”
In context — Leviticus 21:13
And he shall take a woman in her virginity as a wife.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 21:13, so the Hebrew word יִקָּֽח׃ (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.21.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.13.W4.S1) and character.