Genesis 16:3:1Gen.16.3.W1PAT

וַתִּקַּ֞ח

vatikakh

took

Transliteration
va-ti-KAKH
Extended
vah-tih-KAAKH
IPA
/wat.tiq.ˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
took
French
prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
nahm
Russian
взяла
Arabic-Simplified
أخذت
Hindi
ली
Chinese-Simplified
取了
Korean
취했다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
kinuha
Swahili
alichukua
Amharic
ወሰደች
Yoruba
mu
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe
tsɔ

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Result
וַ + תִּ + קַּ֞ח
va + ti + kakh
vatikakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
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-ti-KAKH

  2. clause

    va-ti-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mi-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN

  3. sentence

    va-ti-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mi-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ti-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHAH

In contextGenesis 16:3

after ten years of dwelling Abram in the land of Canaan Sarai wife of Abram took Hagar the Egyptian woman her maidservant gave her to Abram her husband to him as a wife

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקַּ֞ח (vatikakh) 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.16.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.3.W1.S1) and character.