Ruth 4:2:1Ruth.4.2.W1PAT
וַיִּקַּ֞ח
vayikkakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihk-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jikˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
- French
- prirent
- Spanish
- tomaron
- Portuguese
- tomaram
- German
- nahmen
- Russian
- взяли
- Arabic-Simplified
- أخذوا
- Hindi
- लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拿了
- Korean
- 가져갔다
- Indonesian
- mengambil
- Bengali
- নিল
- Tagalog
- kumuha
- Swahili
- walichukua
- Amharic
- ወሰዱ
- Yoruba
- mú
- Igbo
- were
- Twi
- faa
- Ewe
- xɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּק + קַּ֞ח
↓
va + yik + kakh
↓
vayikkakh
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NEI ha-IR va-yo-MER she-voo-FO
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NEI ha-IR va-yo-MER she-voo-FO va-ye-SHE-VU
In context — Ruth 4:2
took ten men from the elders of the city said sit down here sat down
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 4:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֞ח (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.4.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.2.W1.S1) and character.