Genesis 28:9:4Gen.28.9.W4PAT

וַיִּקַּ֡ח

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
أخذ
Hindi
लिया
Chinese-Simplified
取了
Korean
취했다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
kumuha
Swahili
alichukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
mu
Igbo
weere
Twi
faa
Ewe
ɖe

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֡ח
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-yik-KAKH et-ma-kha-LAT bat-yish-ma-EL ben-av-ra-HAM a-KHOT ne-va-YOT al-na-SHAV LO le-ish-SHA

  3. sentence

    va-YE-lekh e-SAV el-yish-ma-EL va-yik-KAKH et-ma-kha-LAT bat-yish-ma-EL ben-av-ra-HAM a-KHOT ne-va-YOT al-na-SHAV LO le-ish-SHA

In contextGenesis 28:9

went Esau to Ishmael took Mahalath daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham sister of Nebaioth besides his wives for himself as a wife

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 28:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֡ח (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.28.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.9.W4.S1) and character.