1 Kings 15:34:51 Kgs.15.34.W5TAB
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙
vayelekh
“and he walked”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHkh
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he walked
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 be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse uses vav-consecutive verbs to depict ongoing disobedience: wayya'as {וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | wayya·ʿaś} “and he did” and wayya-lekh {וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ | wayyā·lēḵ} “and he walked,” creating narrative momentum.
In context — 1 Kings 15:34
He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD ; he walked in the way of Jeroboam and persisted in the sin by which he led Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 15:34, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (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.15.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.34.W5.S1) and character.