Genesis 14:11:1Gen.14.11.W1PAT
וַ֠יִּקְחוּ
vayikkhu
“they took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yik-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they took
- French
- ils prirent
- Spanish
- tomaron
- Portuguese
- tomaram
- German
- sie nahmen
- Russian
- они взяли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأخذوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने ले लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们拿走了
- Korean
- 그들이 가져갔다
- Indonesian
- mereka mengambil
- Bengali
- তারা নিল
- Tagalog
- at kinuha nila
- Swahili
- walichukua
- Amharic
- ወሰዱ
- Yoruba
- wọn gba
- Igbo
- ha were
- Twi
- wɔfaa
- Ewe
- woxɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ֠ + יִּקְ + חוּ
↓
va + yik + khu
↓
vayikkhu
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KHU
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-kol-re-KHUSH se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-et-kol-okh-LAM va-ye-le-KHU
In context — Genesis 14:11
they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food they went
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:11, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יִּקְחוּ (vayikkhu) 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.14.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.11.W1.S1) and character.