1 Kings 19:8:41 Kgs.19.8.W4TAB
וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEE-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
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
- sentence
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
Exegesis
The narrative begins with a series of vav consecutive imperfect verbs: vayakam {וַיָּ֖קָם | wə-yā-qām} ‘and he arose’, vayokhal {וַיֹּ֣אכַל | wə-yōʾə-khal} ‘and he ate’, vayishteh {וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה | wə-yish-tēh} ‘and he drank’, and vayelekh {וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ | wə-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, which sets a rapid action sequence.
Root and etymology
l-k-hlamed–kaph–heh
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 19:8
He rose, ate, and drank; then, strengthened by that food, he journeyed forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ (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.19.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.8.W4.S1) and character.