1 Kings 13:14:11 Kgs.13.14.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ
vayehlekh
“he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YEH-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEH-lekh
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 a-kha-REE ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yim-tsa-E-hu yo-SHEV TA-khat ha-e-LA
- sentence
va-YEH-lekh a-kha-REE ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yim-tsa-E-hu yo-SHEV TA-khat ha-e-LA va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-a-TA ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ba-TA mi-ye-hu-DA va-YO-mer A-ni
Exegesis
The narrative advances through vav-consecutive forms, such as vayyelek {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | wayyēlēḵ} ‘and he went’, vayimtsaehu {וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּ | wayyimṣāʾēhû} ‘and he found him’, and vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, to build sequential action.
Root and etymology
l-k-hlamed–kaph–heh
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 13:14
And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under the oak tree . He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (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.13.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.14.W1.S1) and character.