1 Kings 16:2:101 Kgs.16.2.W10TAB
וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ
vatelekh
“and you walked”
- Transliteration
- va-TE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-TEE-lehkh
- IPA
- /vatːeːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you 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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM
- clause
va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM va-ta-kha-TI ET-a-MI yis-ra-EL le-hakh-i-SE-ni be-kha-to-TAM
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha MIN-he-a-FAR va-et-TEN-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM va-ta-kha-TI ET-a-MI yis-ra-EL le-hakh-i-SE-ni be-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verbs wā’ĕtenkā {וָאֶתֶּנְךָ | wā’ĕtenəḵā} and wāṯēleḵ {וַתֵּלֶךְ | wāṯēleḵ} maintain narrative sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 16:2
Because I raised you from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, but you walked in the way of Jeroboam and caused My people Israel to sin, provoking Me to anger by their sins.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ (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.16.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.2.W10.S1) and character.