Genesis 24:4:5Gen.24.4.W5PAT

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥

velakakhta

you shall take

Transliteration
ve-la-kakh-TA
Extended
veh-lah-kahkh-TAA
IPA
/və.laː.qaħ.ˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
you shall take
French
tu prendras
Spanish
tomarás
Portuguese
tomarás
German
du wirst nehmen
Russian
ты возьмёшь
Arabic-Simplified
تَأْخُذُ
Hindi
तू लेगा
Chinese-Simplified
你要带来
Korean
너는 데려올 것이다
Indonesian
engkau akan mengambil
Bengali
তুমি নেবে
Tagalog
kukuha ka
Swahili
utachukua
Amharic
ትወስዳለህ
Yoruba
ìwọ yóò mú
Igbo
ị ga-ewere
Twi
wobɛfa
Ewe
nàtsɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לָ + קַחְ + תָּ֥
ve + la + kakh + ta
velakakhta

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-la-kakh-TA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-la-kakh-TA i-SHA

  3. clause

    ve-la-kakh-TA i-SHA liv-NI le-yits-KHAK

  4. sentence

    KI el-ar-TSI ve-el-mo-lad-TI te-LEKH ve-la-kakh-TA i-SHA liv-NI le-yits-KHAK

In contextGenesis 24:4

but you shall go to my land and to my kindred you shall take a wife for my son Isaac

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 24:4, so the Hebrew word וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (velakakhta) 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.24.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.4.W5.S1) and character.