Exodus 2:1:5Exod.2.1.W5PAT
וַיִּקַּ֖ח
vayikkakh
“and took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and took
- French
- et prit
- Spanish
- y tomó
- Portuguese
- e tomou
- German
- und nahm
- Russian
- и взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأخذ
- Hindi
- और लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就娶了
- Korean
- 그리고 취하였다
- Indonesian
- dan mengambil
- Bengali
- এবং নিল
- Tagalog
- at kinuha
- Swahili
- akatwaa
- Amharic
- እና ወሰደ
- Yoruba
- ati mu
- Igbo
- wee were
- Twi
- na ɔfaa
- Ewe
- eye wò
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֖ח
↓
va + yik + kakh
↓
vayikkakh
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH ET-BAT-le-VI
- sentence
va-YE-lekh ISH mi-BEIT le-VI va-yik-KAKH ET-BAT-le-VI
In context — Exodus 2:1
and went a man from the house of Levi and took the daughter of Levi
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 2:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֖ח (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 Exod.2.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.1.W5.S1) and character.