Genesis 12:5:1Gen.12.5.W1PAT
וַיִּקַּ֣ח
vayikkakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
- French
- prit
- Spanish
- tomó
- Portuguese
- tomou
- German
- nahm
- Russian
- взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَخَذَ
- Hindi
- लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 带了
- Korean
- 데리고 갔다
- Indonesian
- mengambil
- Bengali
- নিল
- Tagalog
- at kinuha
- Swahili
- akachukua
- Amharic
- ወሰደ
- Yoruba
- mú
- Igbo
- were
- Twi
- faa
- Ewe
- kplɔ
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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Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO
- clause
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO ve-ET-LOT ben-a-KHIV ve-ET-kol-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER ra-KHA-shu ve-ET-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-a-SU be-kha-RAN
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO ve-ET-LOT ben-a-KHIV ve-ET-kol-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER ra-KHA-shu ve-ET-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-a-SU be-kha-RAN va-ye-tse-U la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an
In context — Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot son of his brother and all their possessions that they had acquired and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran they set out to go to the land of Canaan they came to the land of Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֣ח (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.12.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.5.W1.S1) and character.