1 Kings 21:27:131 Kgs.21.27.W13TAB
וַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְ
vayehallekh
“and he walked about”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hal-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hahl-LEEKH
- IPA
- /vajəhalˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he walked about
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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-hal-LEKH
- clause
va-yish-KAV bas-SAK va-ye-hal-LEKH AT
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM va-yish-KAV bas-SAK va-ye-hal-LEKH AT
Exegesis
A series of vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verbs—vayikra {וַיִּקְרַע | vay-ik-ˈraʿ}, vayasem-sak {וַיָּשֶׂם־שַׂק | va-ya-ˈsem-sak}, vayatsom {וַיַּצֹם | va-ˈya-ṭsom}, vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | va-yish-ˈkav}, vayehalekh {וַיִּהַלֵּךְ | va-ye-ha-ˈlekh}—enumerates each gesture of mourning in a cumulative pattern.
In context — 1 Kings 21:27
And it happened, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his garments and put on sackcloth upon his flesh, and he fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around slowly.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 21:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְ (vayehallekh) 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.21.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.27.W13.S1) and character.