Genesis 42:24:8Gen.42.24.W8PAT

וַיִּקַּ֤ח

vayikkakh

he took

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

Meaning by language

English
he took
French
il prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
er nahm
Russian
он взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
उसने लिया
Chinese-Simplified
他带走
Korean
그는 취하였다
Indonesian
ia mengambil
Bengali
তিনি নিলেন
Tagalog
at kinuha niya
Swahili
akachukua
Amharic
እርሱ ወሰደ
Yoruba
ó mú
Igbo
ọ weere
Twi
ɔfaa
Ewe
eɖe

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֤ח
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 me-it-TAM

  3. clause

    va-ya-SHAV a-le-HEM va-ye-da-BER a-le-HEM va-yik-KAKH me-it-TAM et-shim-ON va-ye-e-SOR o-TO le-ey-NEI-hem

  4. sentence

    va-yis-SOV me-a-lei-HEM va-YEV-ke va-ya-SHAV a-le-HEM va-ye-da-BER a-le-HEM va-yik-KAKH me-it-TAM et-shim-ON va-ye-e-SOR o-TO le-ey-NEI-hem

In contextGenesis 42:24

{And} he turned away from them he wept he returned to them he spoke to them he took from among them Simeon he bound him before their eyes

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֤ח (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.42.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.24.W8.S1) and character.