Genesis 8:20:5Gen.8.20.W5PAT

וַיִּקַּ֞ח

vayikakh

took

Transliteration
va-yi-KAKH
Extended
vah-yih-KAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jiq.ˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
took
French
prit
Spanish
tomó
Portuguese
tomou
German
nahm
Russian
взял
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَخَذَ
Hindi
लिया
Chinese-Simplified
取了
Korean
취했다
Indonesian
mengambil
Bengali
নিল
Tagalog
kumuha
Swahili
alichukua
Amharic
ወሰደ
Yoruba
Igbo
were
Twi
faa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּ + קַּ֞ח
va + yi + kakh
vayikakh

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-yi-KAKH

  2. clause

    va-yi-KAKH mi-KOL ha-be-he-MAH hat-te-ho-RAH u-mi-KOL ha-OF hat-ta-HOR va-ya-AL o-LOT bam-miz-BE-akh

  3. sentence

    va-yi-VEN NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yi-KAKH mi-KOL ha-be-he-MAH hat-te-ho-RAH u-mi-KOL ha-OF hat-ta-HOR va-ya-AL o-LOT bam-miz-BE-akh

In contextGenesis 8:20

Noah constructed an altar for the LORD took from each pure animal and from each pure bird raised up burnt offerings upon the altar

About this coordinate

Genesis 8:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 8:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֞ח (vayikakh) 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.8.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.20.W5.S1) and character.