1 Kings 14:17:41 Kgs.14.17.W4TAB
וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ
vatelekh
“and she went”
- Transliteration
- va-te-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-teh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vat.teːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she went
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-te-LEKH
- clause
va-ta-KAM E-shet ya-ra-ve-AM va-te-LEKH va-ta-VO tir-tsa-TA
- sentence
va-ta-KAM E-shet ya-ra-ve-AM va-te-LEKH va-ta-VO tir-tsa-TA HI ba-A be-saf-ha-BA-yit ve-ha-NA-ar MET
Exegesis
The narrative uses vav-consecutive verbs, vataqam {וַתָּ֙קָם֙ | vaṯāqām} ‘and she arose’, vatelekh {וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ | vaṯēleḵ} ‘and she went’, and vatavo {וַתָּבֹ֣א | vaṯābō} ‘and she came’, to convey rapid sequential action.
In context — 1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and went to Tirzah . As she approached the threshold of the house, the boy died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 14:17, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ (vatelekh) 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.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.17.W4.S1) and character.