Genesis 36:6:1Gen.36.6.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֣ח

vayikkakh

took

Transliteration
va-yik-KAKH
Extended
vah-yik-KAHKH
IPA
/waj.jiqˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
took
French
prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
nahm
Russian
взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
लिया
Chinese-Simplified
带了
Korean
취했다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
at kinuha
Swahili
alichukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
Igbo
weere
Twi
faa
Ewe
tsɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֣ח
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-KAKH e-SAV

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH e-SAV et-na-SHAV ve-et-ba-NAV ve-et-be-no-TAV ve-et-kol-naf-SHOT bei-TO ve-et-mik-NE-hu ve-et-kol-be-hem-TO ve-ET kol-kin-ya-NO a-SHER ra-KHASH be-E-rets ke-na-AN

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH e-SAV et-na-SHAV ve-et-ba-NAV ve-et-be-no-TAV ve-et-kol-naf-SHOT bei-TO ve-et-mik-NE-hu ve-et-kol-be-hem-TO ve-ET kol-kin-ya-NO a-SHER ra-KHASH be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ye-LEKH el-E-rets mip-NEI ya-a-KOV a-KHIV

In contextGenesis 36:6

took Esau his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the members of his house and his livestock and all his animals and all his property which he acquired in the land of Canaan he went to a land away from Jacob his brother

About this coordinate

Genesis 36:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 36:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֣ח (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.36.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.6.W1.S1) and character.