1 Kings 13:28:11 Kgs.13.28.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ
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 et-niv-la-TO mush-LE-khet ba-DER-ekh va-kha-MOR ve-ha-ar-YE ohm-DIM EH-tsel ha-ne-ve-LA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh va-yim-TSA et-niv-la-TO mush-LE-khet ba-DER-ekh va-kha-MOR ve-ha-ar-YE ohm-DIM EH-tsel ha-ne-ve-LA lo-a-KHAL ha-ar-YE et-ha-ne-ve-LA ve-LO sha-VAR et-ha-kha-MOR
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verbs vayyelek {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ and vayyimṣāʾ {וַיִּמְצָ֤א | wayyimṣāʾ} ‘and he found’, two sequential Qal imperfect forms that propel the story forward.
Root and etymology
l-k-hlamed–kaph–heh
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 13:28
And he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse, nor had he mauled the donkey.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:28, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (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.13.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.28.W1.S1) and character.