Genesis 31:45:1Gen.31.45.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֕ח

vayikkakh

took

Transliteration
va-yik-KAKH
Extended
vah-yihk-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
拿起了
Korean
집어 들었다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
kumuha
Swahili
alichukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֕ח
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 ya-a-KOV A-ven

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH ya-a-KOV A-ven va-ye-ri-ME-ha mat-tse-VA

In contextGenesis 31:45

took Jacob a stone he set it up as a pillar

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:45:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 31:45, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֕ח (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.31.45.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.45.W1.S1) and character.