Genesis 24:38:5Gen.24.38.W5PAT

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥

velakakheta

and you shall take

Transliteration
ve-la-ka-khe-TA
Extended
veh-laa-kah-kheh-TAA
IPA
/və.laː.qa.ħə.ˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
and you shall take
French
et tu prendras
Spanish
y tomarás
Russian
и возьмёшь
Arabic-Simplified
وستأخذ
Hindi
और तू लेगा
Chinese-Simplified
并要取
Swahili
na utachukua
Twi
na wobɛfa

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Result
וְ + לָ + קַ + חְ + תָּ֥
ve + la + ka + khe + ta
velakakheta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-la-ka-khe-TA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA

  3. clause

    ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA li-ve-NI

  4. sentence

    im-LO el-beit-a-VI te-LEKH ve-el-mi-she-pa-khe-TI ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA li-ve-NI

In contextGenesis 24:38

rather you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and you shall take a wife for my son

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:38:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 24:38, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (velakakheta) 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.24.38.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.38.W5.S1) and character.