1 Chronicles 19:5:11 Chr.19.5.W1TAB
וַיֵּלְכוּ֩
vayelekhu
“and they went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-le-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːlˈχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-ye-le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh she-VU vi-re-KHO AD a-sher-ye-tsam-MAKH ze-kan-KHEM ve-shav-TEM
Exegesis
This verse’s narrative progression is marked by two vav-consecutive verbs, vayelekhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ | wayyĕlĕḵû} ‘and they went’ followed by vayyaggidu {וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּ | wayyaggîḏû} ‘and they told’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:5
And they went and told David about the men, and he sent to meet them because the men were greatly humiliated. Then the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ (vayelekhu) 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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.5.W1.S1) and character.