Deuteronomy 15:17:1Deut.15.17.W1PAT
וְלָקַחְתָּ֣
velakakhta
“take”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-KAKH-ta
- Extended
- veh-lah-KAHKH-tah
- IPA
- /və.laː.ˈqaħ.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- take
- French
- prendre
- Spanish
- tomar
- Portuguese
- tomar
- German
- nehmen
- Russian
- взять
- Arabic-Simplified
- أخذ
- Hindi
- लेना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拿
- Korean
- 취하다
- Indonesian
- ambil
- Bengali
- নাও
- Tagalog
- kumuha
- Swahili
- chukua
- Amharic
- ውሰድ
- Yoruba
- gba
- Igbo
- were
- Twi
- fa
- Ewe
- ɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-KAKH-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a
- clause
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM ve-AF la-a-mat-KHA ta-a-SEH-KEN
In context — Deuteronomy 15:17
take the awl put in his ear and in the door be to you slave forever and also do the same to your female slave
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ (velakakhta) 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 Deut.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.17.W1.S1) and character.