1 Kings 18:45:131 Kgs.18.45.W13TAB
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /vajˈjeː.lɛx/
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 yiz-re-e-LA
- clause
va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
vayelekh {וַיִּרְכַּב … וַיֵּלֶךְ | way-yir-kaḇ … way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he rode …
Root and etymology
RootHeh–Lamed–Kaph
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 18:45
And it happened, meanwhile, that the heavens became dark with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain ; and Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:45:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 18:45, 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.18.45.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.45.W13.S1) and character.