Genesis 12:19:5Gen.12.19.W5PAT
וָאֶקַּ֥ח
vaekakh
“and I took”
- Transliteration
- va-e-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-eh-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛ.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I took
- French
- et j'ai pris
- Spanish
- y tomé
- Portuguese
- e tomei
- German
- und ich nahm
- Russian
- и я взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَأَخَذْتُ
- Hindi
- और मैंने लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我就取了
- Korean
- 내가 취했다
- Indonesian
- lalu aku mengambil
- Bengali
- আর আমি নিলাম
- Tagalog
- at kinuha ko
- Swahili
- nikachukua
- Amharic
- እኔም ወሰድሁ
- Yoruba
- mo si mu
- Igbo
- m wee were
- Twi
- na mefaa
- Ewe
- eye me-tsɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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-e-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-KAKH o-TAH
- clause
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA
- sentence
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA ve-a-TA hi-NE ish-te-KHA KAKH va-LEKH
In context — Genesis 12:19
why did you say she my sister and I took her for me for a wife and now behold your wife take and go
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 12:19, so the Hebrew word וָאֶקַּ֥ח (vaekakh) 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.12.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.19.W5.S1) and character.