Leviticus 21:14:7Lev.21.14.W7TAB
יִקָּ֑ח
yihkaakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- yih-KAAKH
- Extended
- yih-KAAKH
- IPA
- /jikˈkaːħ/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yih-KAAKH
- phraseyour reading level
LO yih-KAAKH
- clause
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH
- sentence
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-kaf-chet
“to take, to accept”
In context — Leviticus 21:14
A widow, a divorced woman, a profaned woman , or a prostitute—these he must not take; but he shall take only a virgin from among his own people as his wife .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word יִקָּ֑ח (yihkaakh) 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.21.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W7.S1) and character.