Exodus 4:20:1Exod.4.20.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֨ח

vayikkakh

and took

Transliteration
va-yik-KAKH
Extended
vah-yik-KAHKH
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
فأخذ
Hindi
और ले लिया
Chinese-Simplified
就带上
Korean
그리고 취하였다
Indonesian
dan mengambil
Bengali
এবং নিলেন
Tagalog
at kinuha
Swahili
akachukua
Amharic
እና ወሰደ
Yoruba
si mu
Igbo
wee were
Twi
na ɔfaa
Ewe
eye xɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֨ח
va + yik + kakh
vayikkakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-KAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-ish-TO ve-ET-ba-NAV va-yar-ki-VEM al-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-SHAV ar-TSAH mits-RA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-ish-TO ve-ET-ba-NAV va-yar-ki-VEM al-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-SHAV ar-TSAH mits-RA-yim va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-mat-TEH ha-e-lo-HIM be-ya-DO

In contextExodus 4:20

and took Moses his wife and his sons and made them ride on the donkey and returned to the land of Egypt and took Moses the staff of God in his hand

About this coordinate

Exodus 4:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 4:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֨ח (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.4.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.20.W1.S1) and character.