Numbers 16:47:1Num.16.47.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:12
וַיִּקַּ֣ח
vayikkakh
“So he took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈkaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- So he took
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER di-BER-MO-sheh va-ya-RATS el-TOKH ha-ka-HAL ve-hi-NEH he-KHEL ha-NE-gef ba-AM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER di-BER-MO-sheh va-ya-RATS el-TOKH ha-ka-HAL ve-hi-NEH he-KHEL ha-NE-gef ba-AM va-yi-TEN et-hak-to-RET va-ye-kha-PER al-ha-AM
Exegesis
The narrative employs a series of vav-consecutive verbs (vayikach {וַיִּקַּח | văyyiqqaḥ}, vayarats {וַיָּרָץ | văyyārāṣ}, vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | văyyītēn}, vayekaper {וַיְכַפֵּר | văyyəḵappēr}) that drive the action forward.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-qoph-chet
“to take, seize”
In context — Numbers 16:47
And Aaron took it just as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly ; and behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he placed the incense and made atonement for the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:47:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:47, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֣ח (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.16.47.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.47.W1.S1) and character.