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
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe
kplɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֣ח
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 ET-sa-RAI ish-TO

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.