Genesis 28:18:4Gen.28.18.W4PAT
וַיִּקַּ֤ח
vayikkakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
- French
- prit
- Spanish
- tomó
- Portuguese
- tomou
- German
- nahm
- Russian
- взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَخَذَ
- Hindi
- लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拿起
- Korean
- 집어 들었다
- Indonesian
- mengambil
- Bengali
- নিল
- Tagalog
- kinuha
- Swahili
- alichukua
- Amharic
- ወሰደ
- Yoruba
- mú
- Igbo
- were
- Twi
- faa
- Ewe
- tsɔ
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH et-ha-E-ven
- clause
va-yash-KEM ya-a-KOV ba-BO-ker va-yik-KAKH et-ha-E-ven a-sher-SAM me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-ya-SEM o-TAH mat-tse-VA
- sentence
va-yash-KEM ya-a-KOV ba-BO-ker va-yik-KAKH et-ha-E-ven a-sher-SAM me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-ya-SEM o-TAH mat-tse-VA va-yi-TSOK SHE-men al-ro-SHAH
In context — Genesis 28:18
rose early Jacob in the morning took the stone that he had placed at his head set it as a pillar poured oil on its top
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 28:18, 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.28.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.18.W4.S1) and character.