Genesis 20:2:11Gen.20.2.W11PAT

וַיִּקַּ֖ח

vayikkakh

took

Transliteration
va-yik-KAKH
Extended
vah-yik-KAAKH
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈqaːħ/

Meaning by language

English
took
French
prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
nahm
Russian
взял
Arabic-Simplified
وأخذ
Hindi
लिया
Chinese-Simplified
取了
Korean
데려갔다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
at kinuha
Swahili
akachukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֖ח
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. clause

    va-yish-LAKH a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh ge-RAR va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RA

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-sa-RA ish-TO a-KHO-ti HI va-yish-LAKH a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh ge-RAR va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RA

In contextGenesis 20:2

Abraham said about Sarah his wife she my sister Abimelech king of Gerar sent took Sarah

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 20:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֖ח (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.20.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.2.W11.S1) and character.