וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ

   va-ye-LEKH

   and he went
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֣קָם וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ צָרְפַ֗תָה

   va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA

   and he arose and he went to Zarephath
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֣קָם וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ צָרְפַ֗תָה וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח הָעִ֔יר וְהִנֵּֽה־שָׁ֛ם אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת עֵצִ֑ים

   va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA va-ya-BO el-PE-takh ha-IR ve-hin-NE-SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM

   and he arose and he went to Zarephath and he came to the entrance of the city and behold, there a woman a widow gathering sticks or wood
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֣קָם וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ צָרְפַ֗תָה וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח הָעִ֔יר וְהִנֵּֽה־שָׁ֛ם אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת עֵצִ֑ים וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר קְחִי־נָ֨א לִ֧י מְעַט־מַ֛יִם בַּכְּלִ֖י וְאֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃

   va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA va-ya-BO el-PE-takh ha-IR ve-hin-NE-SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM va-yik-RA e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR ke-KHI-NA LI me-AT-ma-YIM ba-khe-LI ve-esh-TE

   and he arose and he went to Zarephath and he came to the entrance of the city and behold, there a woman a widow gathering sticks or wood and he called to her and he said please take for me a little water in a vessel that I may drink

Exegesis

The narrative progression is driven by the vav-consecutive verbs vayakam {וַיָּקָם | wa-yā-qām} ‘and he arose’, vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wa-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, and vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wa-yā-bō} ‘and he came’, tracing Elijah’s journey.

Root and etymology

ה־ל־ך🔊 heh–lamed–kaph

“to go, walk”

• 🔊 הָלַךְhā-laḵhe walkedGenesis 5:22