1 Kings 13:10:11 Kgs.13.10.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ
vayehlekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YEH-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEH-lekh
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YEH-lekh
- clause
va-YEH-lekh be-DE-rekh a-KHER
- sentence
va-YEH-lekh be-DE-rekh a-KHER veh-LOH-SHAV ba-DE-rekh a-SHER BA VAH eL-BEIT-EL
Exegesis
The clause begins with the sequential vav-consecutive (vayelekh {וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | vay-ye-leḵ} ‘and he went’) to advance the narrative.
Root and etymology
l-k-hlamed–kaph–heh
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 13:10
And he went on another way , and he did not return by the way which he had come to Bethel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (vayehlekh) 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 Kgs.13.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.10.W1.S1) and character.