Genesis 31:1:5Gen.31.1.W5PAT

לָקַ֣ח

lakakh

has taken

Transliteration
la-KAKH
Extended
lah-KAHKH
IPA
/laˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
has taken
French
a pris
Spanish
ha tomado
Portuguese
tomou
German
hat genommen
Russian
взял
Arabic-Simplified
أَخَذَ
Hindi
ले लिया
Chinese-Simplified
拿走了
Korean
가져갔다
Indonesian
telah mengambil
Bengali
নিয়ে নিয়েছে
Tagalog
kumuha
Swahili
amechukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
ti mú
Igbo
ewere
Twi
afa
Ewe

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Result
לָ + קַ֣ח
la + kakh
lakakh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    la-KAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-KAKH ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA ET-div-REI be-NEI-la-VAN le-MOR la-KAKH ya-a-KOV ET KOL-a-SHER le-a-VI-nu

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA ET-div-REI be-NEI-la-VAN le-MOR la-KAKH ya-a-KOV ET KOL-a-SHER le-a-VI-nu u-me-a-SHER le-a-VI-nu a-SA ET KOL-ha-ka-VOD ha-ZEH

In contextGenesis 31:1

he heard the words of Laban's sons saying has taken Jacob all that was our father's and from what was our father's he made all the wealth this

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 31:1, so the Hebrew word לָקַ֣ח (lakakh) 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.31.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.1.W5.S1) and character.