Genesis 9:23:1Gen.9.23.W1PAT
וַיִּקַּח֩
vayikakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yi-KAHKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
- French
- prirent
- Spanish
- tomaron
- Portuguese
- tomaram
- German
- nahmen
- Russian
- взяли
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَخَذَا
- Hindi
- लिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拿了
- Korean
- 가져갔다
- Indonesian
- mengambil
- Bengali
- নিল
- Tagalog
- kinuha
- Swahili
- walichukua
- Amharic
- ወሰዱ
- Yoruba
- mu
- Igbo
- were
- Twi
- faa
- Ewe
- tsɔ
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet
- clause
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U
In context — Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth took the garment placed on the shoulders of both of them went backward covered nakedness of their father and their faces backward and nakedness of their father did not see
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּח֩ (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.9.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W1.S1) and character.