Numbers 16:46:4Num.16.46.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:11

קַח

kakh

take

Transliteration
KAKH
Extended
KAHKH
IPA
/qaħ/

Meaning by language

English
take

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    KAKH

  2. sentence

    va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-a-ha-RON KAKH et-ham-makh-TAH ve-TEN-a-lei-HA ESH me-AL-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-SIM ke-TO-ret ve-ho-LEKH me-he-RAH el-ha-e-DAH ve-ka-PEHR a-lei-HEM ki-ya-TSA ha-KE-tsef mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH he-khe-LAH ha-NE-gef

Exegesis

A sequence of vav-linked Qal imperatives—kach {קַח | qāḥ} ‘take’, u-ten {וּתְן | wə-ten} ‘and put’, ve-sim {וְשִׂם | wə-sîm} ‘and place’, ve-holech {וְהוֹלֵךְ | wə-hōlêk} ‘and go’, and ve-kapper {וְכַפֵּר | wə-kappēr} ‘and atone’—conveys urgent ritual action.

Root and etymology

Rootlamed-qoph-chet

to take, seize

In contextNumbers 16:46

And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire on it from the altar, add incense, and hurry to the congregation to make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out before the LORD ; the plague has begun.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:46:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:46, so the Hebrew word קַח (kakh) 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.16.46.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.46.W4.S1) and character.