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
- 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-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH BO-az et-RUT
- clause
va-yik-KAKH BO-az et-RUT va-te-hi-LO le-ish-SHA va-ya-VO e-LE-ha
- 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 context — Ruth 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.