1 Kings 18:2:11 Kgs.18.2.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈlɛx/
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
- clause
va-ye-LEKH e-li-YA-hu le-he-ra-OT el-a-kha-AV
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH e-li-YA-hu le-he-ra-OT el-a-kha-AV ve-ha-ra-AV kha-ZAKH be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive prefix in vayelekh {וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ | way-yē-leḵ} “and he went,” which signals sequence in the Qal imperfect.
Root and etymology
RootHeh–Lamed–Kaph
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to let himself be seen by Ahab, and the famine was severe in Samaria.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:2, 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.18.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.2.W1.S1) and character.