1 Kings 18:16:61 Kgs.18.16.W6TAB
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEE-lehkh
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-lekh akh-AV
- clause
va-YE-lekh akh-AV lik-RA-t e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-YE-lekh o-vad-ya-HU lik-RA-t akh-AV va-ya-GED-lo va-YE-lekh akh-AV lik-RA-t e-li-YA-hu
Root and etymology
RootHeh–Lamed–Kaph
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 18:16
Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, then Ahab went to meet Elijah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (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.18.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.16.W6.S1) and character.