Numbers 23:28:1Num.23.28.W1TAB
וַיִּקַּ֥ח
vayikkakh
“and took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈkaːx/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH ba-LAK
- clause
va-yik-KAKH ba-LAK et-bil-AM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ba-LAK et-bil-AM ROSH hap-OR han-nish-KAF al-pe-NEI hai-shi-MON
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayikach {וַיִּקַּ֥ח | wayyēqāḥ} indicating sequential action.
In context — Numbers 23:28
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the face of the wasteland .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֥ח (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.23.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.28.W1.S1) and character.