Genesis 48:13:1Gen.48.13.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֣ח

vayikkakh

{He} took

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

Meaning by language

English
{He} took
French
{Il} prit
Spanish
{Él} tomó
Portuguese
{Ele} tomou
German
{Er} nahm
Russian
взял
Arabic-Simplified
وأخذ
Hindi
लिया
Chinese-Simplified
拿了
Korean
집었다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিলেন
Tagalog
at kinuha
Swahili
akachukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe
tsɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֣ח
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 yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH yo-SEF et-she-NEI-hem et-ef-ra-YIM bi-mi-NO mis-se-MOL yis-ra-EL ve-et-me-na-SHE vis-mo-LO mi-MIN yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH yo-SEF et-she-NEI-hem et-ef-ra-YIM bi-mi-NO mis-se-MOL yis-ra-EL ve-et-me-na-SHE vis-mo-LO mi-MIN yis-ra-EL va-yag-GESH e-LAV

In contextGenesis 48:13

{He} took Joseph both of them Ephraim in his right hand from the left of Israel and Manasseh in his left hand from the right of Israel He brought near to him

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֣ח (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.48.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.13.W1.S1) and character.