Deuteronomy 21:11:7Deut.21.11.W7PAT
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥
velakakhta
“took”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-kakh-TA
- Extended
- veh-lah-kakh-TAA
- IPA
- /və.la.qaħˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
- French
- prit
- Spanish
- tomó
- Portuguese
- tomou
- German
- nahm
- Russian
- взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- أخذ
- Hindi
- लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 取了
- Korean
- 가져갔다
- Indonesian
- mengambil
- Bengali
- নিল
- Tagalog
- kinuha
- Swahili
- chukua
- Amharic
- ወሰደ
- Yoruba
- mu
- Igbo
- were
- Twi
- faa
- Ewe
- tsɔ
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 le-KHA
- clause
ve-kha-shak-TA BAH ve-la-kakh-TA le-KHA le-i-SHAA
- sentence
ve-ra-ee-TA bash-shiv-YA E-shet ye-fat-TO-ar ve-kha-shak-TA BAH ve-la-kakh-TA le-KHA le-i-SHAA
In context — Deuteronomy 21:11
saw a woman beautiful in form the captives desired her took as a wife for you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 21:11, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (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.21.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.11.W7.S1) and character.