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
- xɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR
- clause
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR la-HEM na-SHIM
- 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 context — Genesis 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.