Numbers 21:25:1Num.21.25.W1TAB
וַיִּקַּח֙
vayikakh
“and took”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈkaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-yi-KAKH
- clause
va-yi-KAKH yis-ra-EL ET kol-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH yis-ra-EL ET kol-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH va-ye-SHEV yis-ra-EL be-KHOL-a-REI ha-e-mo-RI be-KHESH-bon u-ve-KHOL-be-no-TE-ha
Exegesis
The narrative employs vav-consecutive verb forms, notably vayyiqqāḥ {וַיִּקַּח֙ | wayyiqqāḥ} “and he took” followed by wayyēšeḇ {וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב | wayyēšeḇ} “and he settled,” which establish a temporal sequence.
In context — Numbers 21:25
And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorite in Heshbon and in all its villages .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:25, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּח֙ (vayikakh) 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.21.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.25.W1.S1) and character.