Genesis 38:6:1Gen.38.6.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֧ח

vayikkakh

and took

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

Meaning by language

English
and took
French
et prit
Spanish
y tomó
Portuguese
e tomou
German
und nahm
Russian
и взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
और लिया
Chinese-Simplified
并娶了
Korean
그리고 취하였다
Indonesian
dan mengambil
Bengali
এবং নিল
Tagalog
at kumuha
Swahili
akachukua
Amharic
እና ወሰደ
Yoruba
ó sì mú
Igbo
o wee were
Twi
na ɔfaa

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֧ח
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 ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH ye-hu-DA ish-SHA le-ER be-kho-RO

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH ye-hu-DA ish-SHA le-ER be-kho-RO u-she-MAH ta-MAR

In contextGenesis 38:6

and took Judah a wife for Er his firstborn and her name Tamar

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֧ח (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.38.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.6.W1.S1) and character.