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

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Result
וְ + לָ + קַחְ + תָּ֥
ve + la + kakh + ta
velakakhta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-la-kakh-TA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-la-kakh-TA le-KHA

  3. clause

    ve-kha-shak-TA BAH ve-la-kakh-TA le-KHA le-i-SHAA

  4. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.