Genesis 4:19:1Gen.4.19.W1PAT
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֥וֹ
vayikkakhlo
“took for himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-kakh-LO
- Extended
- vah-yihk-kahkh-LOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.qaħ.ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- took for himself
- French
- prit pour lui-même
- Spanish
- tomó para sí
- Portuguese
- tomou para si
- German
- nahm für sich
- Russian
- взял себе
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأخذ لنفسه
- Hindi
- अपने लिये लीं
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为自己娶了
- Korean
- 자기를 위하여 취했다
- Indonesian
- mengambil untuk dirinya sendiri
- Bengali
- নিজের জন্য নিল
- Tagalog
- at kumuha para sa sarili
- Swahili
- akajitwalia
- Amharic
- ለራሱ ወሰደ
- Yoruba
- gba fún ara rẹ̀
- Igbo
- were nye onwe ya
- Twi
- faa maa ne ho
- Ewe
- xɔ na eɖokui
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-kakh-LO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-kakh-LO LE-mekh
- clause
va-yik-kakh-LO LE-mekh she-TEI na-SHIM
- sentence
va-yik-kakh-LO LE-mekh she-TEI na-SHIM SHEM ha-a-KHAT a-DA ve-SHEM ha-she-NIT tsi-LA
In context — Genesis 4:19
Lamech took for himself two wives name of the one Adah and name of the second Zillah
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֥וֹ (vayikkakhlo) 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.4.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.19.W1.S1) and character.