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
- mú
- Igbo
- were
- Twi
- faa
- Ewe
- xɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-KAKH
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.