Genesis 46:6:1Gen.46.6.W1PAT

וַיִּקְח֣וּ

vayikkhu

{And} took

Transliteration
va-yik-KHU
Extended
vah-yihk-KHOO
IPA
/waj.jiqˈħuː/

Meaning by language

English
{And} took
French
{Et} prirent
Spanish
{Y} tomaron
Portuguese
{E} tomaram
German
{Und} nahmen
Russian
{И} взяли
Arabic-Simplified
وأخذوا
Hindi
{और} लिया
Chinese-Simplified
{并}带上
Korean
{그리고} 가져갔다
Indonesian
{Dan} mengambil
Bengali
{এবং} নিল
Tagalog
at kinuha
Swahili
{Na} walichukua
Amharic
{እና} ወሰዱ
Yoruba
{Ati} mú
Igbo
{Na} were
Twi
{Na} faa
Ewe
{Eye} xɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + ח֣וּ
va + yik + khu
vayikkhu

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-KHU et-mik-NEI-hem

  3. clause

    va-yik-KHU et-mik-NEI-hem ve-et-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER rakh-SHU be-E-rets ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u mits-RAI-ma

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KHU et-mik-NEI-hem ve-et-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER rakh-SHU be-E-rets ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u mits-RAI-ma ya-a-KOV ve-khol-zar-O it-TO

In contextGenesis 46:6

{And} took their livestock and their goods which had acquired in the land of Canaan came to Egypt Jacob and all his offspring with him

About this coordinate

Genesis 46:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 46:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֣וּ (vayikkhu) 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.46.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.6.W1.S1) and character.