1 Kings 18:35:11 Kgs.18.35.W1TAB
וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ
vayelkhu
“and they went or flowed”
- Transliteration
- va-yel-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeel-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːlˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went or flowed
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yel-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh ve-GAM et-ha-te-a-LA mi-LE-MA-yim
Exegesis
The first clause uses a wayyiqtol form, wayyēlĕkû {וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ | wayyēlĕkû} ‘and they went’, with verb-first order before the subject hammayim {הַמַּ֔יִם | hammayim} ‘the water’, a common Hebrew sequencing that pushes the motion to the foreground.
In context — 1 Kings 18:35
And the water went around the altar , and it also filled the trench with water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:35, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ (vayelkhu) 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.18.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.35.W1.S1) and character.