Numbers 7:6:1Num.7.6.W1TAB
וַיִּקַּ֣ח
vayikkakh
“so took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- so 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-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-ha-a-ga-LOT ve-ET-ha-ba-KAR
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-ha-a-ga-LOT ve-ET-ha-ba-KAR va-yi-TEN o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The verse unfolds with sequential narrative marked by the vav-consecutive forms vayikkach {וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vayyiqqāḥ} ‘and he took’ and vayiten {וַיִּתֵּ֥ן | vayyiṯēn} ‘and he gave,’ which structure the historical action.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-kaf-chet
“take, receive”
In context — Numbers 7:6
Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites .
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 7:6, 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.7.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.6.W1.S1) and character.