1 Samuel 15:20:81 Sam.15.20.W8TAB
וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ
vaelekh
“I went”
- Transliteration
- va-e-LEKH
- Extended
- vaa-eh-LEEKH
- IPA
- /vaːʔeːˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- I went
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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-e-LEKH
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH va-a-VI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK ve-et-a-ma-LEK he-khe-RAM-e-ti
Exegesis
The verse unfolds with a vav-consecutive series—vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ va’elekh {וָאֵלֵךְ | wā-’ê-lēḵ} ‘and I went,’ va’avi {וָאָבִיא | wā-’ā-vî} ‘and I brought’—to maintain narrative momentum.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said to Samuel, “I fully obeyed the voice of the LORD and traveled the path on which the LORD sent me, and I brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:20, so the Hebrew word וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ (vaelekh) 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.15.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.20.W8.S1) and character.