Genesis 34:2:8Gen.34.2.W8PAT

וַיִּקַּ֥ח

vayikakh

took

Transliteration
va-yi-KAKH
Extended
vah-yih-KAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
took
French
prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
nahm
Russian
взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
ले लिया
Chinese-Simplified
抓住了
Korean
데려갔다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
at kinuha
Swahili
akachukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe
tsɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּ + קַּ֥ח
va + yi + kakh
vayikakh

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-yi-KAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-KAKH o-TAH

  3. clause

    va-yi-KAKH o-TAH va-yish-KAV o-TAH va-ye-a-NE-ha

  4. sentence

    va-YAR o-TAH she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR ha-khi-WI ne-SI ha-A-rets va-yi-KAKH o-TAH va-yish-KAV o-TAH va-ye-a-NE-ha

In contextGenesis 34:2

saw her Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite prince of the land took her lay with her humiliated her

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 34:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֥ח (vayikakh) 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.34.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.2.W8.S1) and character.