Numbers 20:8:1Num.20.8.W1TAB
קַ֣ח
kakh
“take”
- Transliteration
- KAKH
- Extended
- KAHKH
- IPA
- /qaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH
- clause
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV
- sentence
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Qal imperative kakh {קַ֣ח | qāḥ} ‘take’ followed by the Hifʿil imperative vehaqhel {וְהַקְהֵל | wə-haqēl} ‘assemble’, forming a paired command.
Root and etymology
l-q-ḥlamed–qof–chet
“to take, seize, receive”
In context — Numbers 20:8
Take the staff and assemble the congregation—you and Aaron your brother—and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will release its water. You shall bring water out for them from the rock and provide the congregation and their livestock water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word קַ֣ח (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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W1.S1) and character.