1 Kings 14:9:61 Kgs.14.9.W6TAB
וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ
vatelekh
“and you went”
- Transliteration
- va-TE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-TEE-lehkh
- IPA
- /vatˈteːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you 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 | |
| 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-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha
- sentence
va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha
Exegesis
The sequence vatteilekh {וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ | wat-te-lekh} ‘and you went’ and vatta‘aseh-lekha {וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ | wat-ta-‘a-se-le-kha} ‘and you made for yourself’ indicates deliberate idolatrous choice.
In context — 1 Kings 14:9
But you have done evil above all who were before you, and you went and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me , and you have cast Me behind your back.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ (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.14.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.9.W6.S1) and character.