Genesis 17:23:1Gen.17.23.W1PAT
וַיִּקַּ֨ח
vayikkakh
“and took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and took
- French
- et prit
- Spanish
- y tomó
- Russian
- и взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأخذ
- Hindi
- और लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就取了
- Swahili
- akachukua
- Twi
- na ɔfaa
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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 a-ve-ra-HAM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-ve-ra-HAM ET-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mi-ke-NAT ka-se-PO kol-za-KHAR be-a-ne-SHEI BEIT a-ve-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ve-ra-HAM ET-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mi-ke-NAT ka-se-PO kol-za-KHAR be-a-ne-SHEI BEIT a-ve-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
In context — Genesis 17:23
in the very the day this Abraham and took Ishmael his son and all those born of his house and all acquisition of his silver every male among the men of the house of Abraham and he circumcised flesh of their foreskin just as God he spoke with him
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֨ח (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.17.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W1.S1) and character.