1 Samuel 14:26:51 Sam.14.26.W5TAB
הֵ֣לֶךְ
helekh
“went or was flowing”
- Transliteration
- HE-lekh
- Extended
- HEE-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈheːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- went or was flowing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
HE-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
HE-lekh de-VASH
- clause
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH
- sentence
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH ve-EN-ma-si-SIG ya-DO el-pi-V ki-ya-RE ha-AM et-ha-she-vu-A
Exegesis
The interjection vehineh {וְהִנֵּ֖ה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the visual report of the participial phrase helekh devash {הֵ֣לֶךְ דְּבָ֑שׁ}, where the Qal participle helekh {הֵ֣לֶךְ | hē-lekh} conveys ongoing action ‘flowing’.
Root and etymology
h-l-khe–lamed–kaph
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:26
And the people came into the forest, and behold, honey was flowing; but no one reached his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word הֵ֣לֶךְ (helekh) 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 Sam.14.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.26.W5.S1) and character.