Genesis 19:16:2Gen.19.16.W2PAT
וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ
vayakhaziku
“seized”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-ZI-ku
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-ZEE-koo
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ħă.ˈziː.quː/
Meaning by language
- English
- seized
- French
- saisirent
- Spanish
- agarraron
- Portuguese
- agarraram
- German
- ergriffen
- Russian
- схватили
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَأَمْسَكُوا
- Hindi
- पकड़ लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 抓住了
- Korean
- 붙잡았다
- Indonesian
- memegang
- Bengali
- ধরে নিল
- Tagalog
- humawak
- Swahili
- wakashika
- Amharic
- ያዙ
- Yoruba
- mú
- Igbo
- jidere
- Twi
- kyeree
- Ewe
- lé
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-ZI-ku
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-kha-ZI-ku ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yit-mah-MAH va-ya-kha-ZI-ku ha-a-na-SHIM be-ya-DO u-ve-yad-ish-TO u-ve-YAD she-TEI ve-no-TAV be-khem-LAT Ye-ho-VAH a-LAV
- sentence
va-yit-mah-MAH va-ya-kha-ZI-ku ha-a-na-SHIM be-ya-DO u-ve-yad-ish-TO u-ve-YAD she-TEI ve-no-TAV be-khem-LAT Ye-ho-VAH a-LAV va-yo-tsi-U-hu va-ya-ni-KHU-hu mi-KHUTS la-IR
In context — Genesis 19:16
he lingered the men seized by his hand and by the hand of his wife and by the hand of two his daughters in the compassion of the LORD upon him they brought him out they set him outside of the city
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 19:16, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ (vayakhaziku) 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.19.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.16.W2.S1) and character.