Genesis 11:31:1Gen.11.31.W1PAT
וַיִּקַּ֨ח
vayikkakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
- French
- prit
- Spanish
- tomó
- Portuguese
- tomou
- German
- nahm
- Russian
- взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- أخذ
- Hindi
- लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 取了
- Korean
- 데리고 갔다
- Indonesian
- mengambil
- Bengali
- নিল
- Tagalog
- kinuha
- Swahili
- akachukua
- Amharic
- ወሰደ
- Yoruba
- gba
- 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 TE-rakh
- clause
va-yik-KAKH TE-rakh et-av-RAM be-NO ve-et-LOT ben-ha-RAN ben-be-NO ve-ET sa-RAI ka-la-TO E-shet av-RAM be-NO
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH TE-rakh et-av-RAM be-NO ve-et-LOT ben-ha-RAN ben-be-NO ve-ET sa-RAI ka-la-TO E-shet av-RAM be-NO va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM
In context — Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his grandson and Sarai his daughter-in-law wife of Abram his son they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go toward the land of Canaan they came as far as Haran they settled there
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:31, 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.11.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.31.W1.S1) and character.