Ruth 4:13:1Ruth.4.13.W1PAT

וַיִּקַּ֨ח

vayikkakh

took

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

Meaning by language

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

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Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֨ח
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 BO-az et-RUT

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH BO-az et-RUT va-te-hi-LO le-ish-SHA va-ya-VO e-LE-ha

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH BO-az et-RUT va-te-hi-LO le-ish-SHA va-ya-VO e-LE-ha va-yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH LAH he-ra-YON va-TE-led BEN

In contextRuth 4:13

took Boaz Ruth became his wife entered to her gave LORD her conception bore a son

About this coordinate

Ruth 4:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 4:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֨ח (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 Ruth.4.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.13.W1.S1) and character.