Numbers 16:39:1Num.16.39.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:4
וַיַּקְח
vayikkakh
“So took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈkaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- So took
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayyiqach {וַיִּקַּח | way-yiqqāḥ} ‘and he took’, indicating narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-qoph-chet
“to take, seize”
In context — Numbers 16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had offered, and they were hammered out as an overlay for the altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:39, so the Hebrew word וַיַּקְח (vayikkakh) 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 Num.16.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.39.W1.S1) and character.