Genesis 31:46:6Gen.31.46.W6PAT

וַיִּקְח֥וּ

vayikkhu

they took

Transliteration
va-yik-KHU
Extended
vah-yihk-KHOO
IPA
/waj.jiqˈħuː/

Meaning by language

English
they took
French
ils prirent
Spanish
tomaron
Portuguese
tomaram
German
sie nahmen
Russian
они взяли
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذُوا
Hindi
उन्होंने लिए
Chinese-Simplified
他们拿了
Korean
그들이 집었다
Indonesian
mereka mengambil
Bengali
তারা নিল
Tagalog
at kumuha sila
Swahili
wakachukua
Amharic
ወሰዱ
Yoruba
wọn mú
Igbo
ha weere
Twi
wɔfaa
Ewe
wotsɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + ח֥וּ
va + yik + khu
vayikkhu

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-KHU a-va-NIM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV le-e-KHAV lik-TU a-va-NIM va-yik-KHU a-va-NIM va-ya-a-su-GAL

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV le-e-KHAV lik-TU a-va-NIM va-yik-KHU a-va-NIM va-ya-a-su-GAL va-yo-khe-LU SHAM al-ha-GAL

In contextGenesis 31:46

said Jacob to his brothers gather stones they took stones they made a heap they ate there upon the heap

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:46:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 31:46, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֥וּ (vayikkhu) 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.31.46.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.46.W6.S1) and character.