Genesis 18:8:1Gen.18.8.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֨ח

vayikkakh

he took

Transliteration
va-yik-KAKH
Extended
vah-yik-KAHKH
IPA
/waj.jiq.ˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
he took
French
il prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
er nahm
Russian
он взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
उसने लिया
Chinese-Simplified
他拿了
Korean
그가 가져왔다
Indonesian
ia mengambil
Bengali
সে নিল
Tagalog
at kumuha siya
Swahili
alichukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
o mu
Igbo
o weere
Twi
ɔfaa
Ewe
eɖe

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֨ח
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 khem-AH

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU

In contextGenesis 18:8

he took curds and milk and a calf of the herd that he had prepared he set before them they ate and he was standing by them under the tree

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:8, 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.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W1.S1) and character.