1 Samuel 16:1:151 Sam.16.1.W15TAB
וְלֵ֤ךְ
velekh
“and go”
- Transliteration
- ve-LEKH
- Extended
- veh-LEEKH
- IPA
- /vəˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and go
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LEKH e-she-la-kha-KHA
- clause
ma-LE kar-ne-KHA SHE-men ve-LEKH e-she-la-kha-KHA el-yi-SHAI BET-ha-lakh-MI ki-ra-I-ti be-va-NAV LI ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL ad-ma-TAI a-TA mit-a-BEL el-sha-UL va-a-NI me-as-TIV mim-me-LOKH al-yis-ra-EL ma-LE kar-ne-KHA SHE-men ve-LEKH e-she-la-kha-KHA el-yi-SHAI BET-ha-lakh-MI ki-ra-I-ti be-va-NAV LI ME-lekh
Exegesis
Imperatives mallē {מַלֵּ֨א | mallē} ‘fill’ and wǝlēḵ {וְלֵ֤ךְ | wǝlēḵ} ‘and go’ initiate the prophetic mission.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:1
And the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen for myself a king among his sons.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word וְלֵ֤ךְ (velekh) 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.16.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.1.W15.S1) and character.