1 Chronicles 16:43:11 Chr.16.43.W1TAB
וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ
vayelkhu
“and they went”
- Transliteration
- va-yel-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeel-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jelˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yel-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM
- clause
va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM ISH le-vei-TO
- sentence
va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM ISH le-vei-TO va-yis-SOV da-VID le-va-REKH et-BEI-to
Exegesis
The verse is driven by a pair of wayyiqtol verbs: vayelchu {וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ | wayyəleḵû} ‘and they went’ advances the communal action, and vayissov {וַיִּסֹּ֥ב | wayyiśśōḇ} ‘and he turned back’ shifts focus to David as the singular subject.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:43
And all the people went, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:43:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 16:43, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (vayelkhu) 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 1 Chr.16.43.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.43.W1.S1) and character.