Genesis 37:31:1Gen.37.31.W1PAT
וַיִּקְח֖וּ
vayiqekhu
“and they took”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-qe-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yih-qeh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.qəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they took
- French
- et ils prirent
- Spanish
- y tomaron
- Portuguese
- e tomaram
- German
- und sie nahmen
- Russian
- и они взяли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَخَذُوا
- Hindi
- और उन्होंने लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们就拿了
- Korean
- 그리고 그들이 가져갔다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka mengambil
- Bengali
- আর তারা নিল
- Tagalog
- at kinuha nila
- Swahili
- na wakachukua
- Amharic
- እነርሱም ወሰዱ
- Yoruba
- àti wọ́n mú
- Igbo
- ha weere
- Twi
- na wɔfaa
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-qe-KHU
- clause
va-yi-qe-KHU ET-ke-TO-net yo-SEF
- sentence
va-yi-qe-KHU ET-ke-TO-net yo-SEF va-yi-she-kha-TU se-IR iz-ZIM va-yi-te-be-LU ET-ha-kut-TO-net ba-DAM
In context — Genesis 37:31
and they took tunic Joseph and they slaughtered male goat goats and they dipped the tunic in the blood
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:31, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֖וּ (vayiqekhu) 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.37.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.31.W1.S1) and character.