1 Kings 20:27:51 Kgs.20.27.W5TAB
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ
vayelekhu
“and they went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːlˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-ye-le-KHU
- clause
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a series of vav-consecutive verbs — hatpakedu {הָתְפַּקְּדוּ | hāṯ-paq-qĕ-ḏû} ‘were mustered’, vekholkelu {וְכַלְּכְּלוּ | wə-kal-lĕḵ-lû} ‘were provisioned’, vayelekhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | vay-yĕl-kû} ‘they went’, vayachanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | vay-ḥa-nû} ‘they camped’ — depicting Israel’s military sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 20:27
And the sons of Israel were mustered and provisioned, and they marched to meet their adversaries; the sons of Israel camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:27, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (vayelekhu) 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.20.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.27.W5.S1) and character.