1 Kings 13:24:11 Kgs.13.24.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-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-YE-lekh
- clause
va-YE-lekh va-yim-tsa-E-hu ar-YE ba-DE-rekh va-ye-MEE-te-hu
- sentence
va-YE-lekh va-yim-tsa-E-hu ar-YE ba-DE-rekh va-ye-MEE-te-hu va-te-HI niv-la-TO moosh-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-ha-kha-MOR o-MED ets-LA ve-ha-ar-YE o-MED E-TSEL ha-ne-ve-LA
Exegesis
The initial verb vayyelekh {וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ sets the travel context and is immediately followed by vayyiṃṣōʾēhu {וַיִּמְצָאֵ֧הוּ | wayyim-ṣāʾēhû} ‘and he met him,’ introducing the sudden appearance of ’aryēh {אַרְיֵ֛ה | ’ǎr-yēh} ‘lion’ as the narrative agent.
Root and etymology
l-k-hlamed–kaph–heh
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 13:24
And he went on his way, and a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his corpse was cast on the road; the donkey stood beside it, and the lion stood beside the corpse.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:24, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (vayelekh) 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.13.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.24.W1.S1) and character.