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

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Result
הֵ֣ + לֶךְ
he + lekh
helekh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    HE-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HE-lekh de-VASH

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH

  4. 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 context1 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.