Genesis 21:27:1Gen.21.27.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֤ח

vayikkakh

took

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

Meaning by language

English
took
French
prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
nahm
Russian
взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
लिए
Chinese-Simplified
取了
Korean
취했다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
kumuha
Swahili
alichukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe
tsɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֤ח
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 av-ra-HAM

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM TSON u-va-KAR va-yit-TEN la-a-vi-ME-lekh

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM TSON u-va-KAR va-yit-TEN la-a-vi-ME-lekh va-yikh-re-TU she-NEI-hem be-RIT

In contextGenesis 21:27

Abraham took sheep and cattle gave to Abimelech the two of them made a covenant

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֤ח (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.21.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.27.W1.S1) and character.