Genesis 14:12:1Gen.14.12.W1PAT
וַיִּקְח֨וּ
vayikkhu
“they took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yik-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they took
- French
- ils prirent
- Spanish
- tomaron
- Portuguese
- tomaram
- German
- sie nahmen
- Russian
- они взяли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَخَذُوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने ले लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们拿走了
- Korean
- 그들이 가져갔다
- Indonesian
- mereka mengambil
- Bengali
- তারা নিয়ে নিল
- Tagalog
- at kinuha nila
- Swahili
- wakachukua
- Amharic
- ወሰዱ
- Yoruba
- wọn mú
- Igbo
- ha were
- Twi
- wɔfaa
- Ewe
- woxɔ
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO
- clause
va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO ben-a-KHI av-RAM va-ye-le-KHU
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO ben-a-KHI av-RAM va-ye-le-KHU ve-HU yo-SHEV bi-se-DOM
In context — Genesis 14:12
they took Lot son of the brother of Abram and his possessions they went and he was dwelling in Sodom
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֨וּ (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.14.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.12.W1.S1) and character.