Genesis 11:29:1Gen.11.29.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֨ח

vayikkakh

took

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

Meaning by language

English
took
French
prirent
Spanish
tomaron
Portuguese
tomaram
German
nahmen
Russian
взяли
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
लिये
Chinese-Simplified
娶了
Korean
취했다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিলেন
Tagalog
at kumuha
Swahili
walitwaa
Amharic
ወሰዱ
Yoruba
mu
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe

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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 av-RAM ve-na-KHOR

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR la-HEM na-SHIM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR la-HEM na-SHIM SHEM e-shet-av-RAM sa-RAI ve-SHEM e-shet-na-KHOR mil-KAH bat-ha-RAN a-vi-mil-KAH va-a-VI yi-se-KAH

In contextGenesis 11:29

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves name of wife of Abram Sarai and name of wife of Nahor Milcah daughter of Haran father of Milcah and father of Iscah

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:29, 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 Gen.11.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.29.W1.S1) and character.