Exodus 6:20:1Exod.6.20.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֨ח

vayikkakh

and took

Transliteration
va-yik-KAKH
Extended
vah-yik-KAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jiq.ˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
and took
French
et prit
Spanish
y tomó
Portuguese
e tomou
German
und nahm
Russian
и взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
और लिया
Chinese-Simplified
并娶了
Korean
그리고 취하였다
Indonesian
dan mengambil
Bengali
এবং নিলেন
Tagalog
at kinuha
Swahili
na 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 am-RAM

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH am-RAM ET-yo-KHE-ved do-da-TO LO le-ish-SHA va-TE-led LO ET-a-ha-RON ve-ET-mo-SHE

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH am-RAM ET-yo-KHE-ved do-da-TO LO le-ish-SHA va-TE-led LO ET-a-ha-RON ve-ET-mo-SHE u-she-NEI khai-YEI am-RAM SHE-va u-she-lo-SHIM u-me-AT sha-NA

In contextExodus 6:20

and took Amram Jochebed his father's sister for himself as a wife and she bore to him Aaron and Moses and years of life of Amram seven and thirty and one hundred years

About this coordinate

Exodus 6:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 6:20, 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.6.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.6.20.W1.S1) and character.