Genesis 31:23:1Gen.31.23.W1PAT
וַיִּקַּ֤ח
vayikkakh
“he took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAHKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he took
- French
- il prit
- Spanish
- tomó
- Portuguese
- tomou
- German
- er nahm
- Russian
- он взял
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَخَذَ
- Hindi
- उसने लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他带了
- Korean
- 그가 데리고 갔다
- Indonesian
- ia mengambil
- Bengali
- সে নিল
- Tagalog
- at kinuha niya
- Swahili
- alichukua
- Amharic
- እርሱ ወሰደ
- Yoruba
- ó mú
- Igbo
- o were
- Twi
- ɔfaa
- Ewe
- eɖe
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-e-KHAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH et-e-KHAV im-MO va-yir-DOF a-kha-RAV DE-rekh shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH et-e-KHAV im-MO va-yir-DOF a-kha-RAV DE-rekh shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ya-de-BEK o-TO be-HAR ha-gil-AD
In context — Genesis 31:23
he took his kinsmen with him he pursued after him a distance of seven days he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead
About this coordinate
Genesis 31:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 31:23, 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.31.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.23.W1.S1) and character.