Leviticus 24:2:4Lev.24.2.W4PAT

וְיִקְח֨וּ

veyikkhu

take

Transliteration
ve-yik-KHU
Extended
veh-yik-KHOO
IPA
/vəjiqˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
take
French
prendre
Spanish
tomar
Portuguese
tomar
German
nehmen
Russian
взять
Arabic-Simplified
يأخذ
Hindi
लेना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
취하다
Indonesian
ambil
Bengali
নাও
Tagalog
kumuha
Swahili
chukua
Amharic
ውሰዱ
Yoruba
gba
Igbo
were
Twi
fa
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + יִקְ + ח֨וּ
ve + yik + khu
veyikkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    ve-yik-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha

  3. clause

    TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR

  4. sentence

    TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR le-ha-a-LOT NER ta-MEED

In contextLeviticus 24:2

Command sons of Israel take to you oil olive pure beaten for the light to raise lamp continually

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 24:2, so the Hebrew word וְיִקְח֨וּ (veyikkhu) 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 Lev.24.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.2.W4.S1) and character.