1 Samuel 17:15:21 Sam.17.15.W2TAB
הֹלֵ֥ךְ
holekh
“was going”
- Transliteration
- ho-LEKH
- Extended
- hoh-LEEkh
- IPA
- /hoːˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- was going
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
ho-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
ho-LEKH va-SHAV
- clause
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL
- sentence
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL lir-OT et-TSON a-VIV BET LA-khem
Exegesis
The participle holekh {הֹלֵךְ | hō-lēḵ} ‘going’ followed by vashav {וָשָׁב | wā-šāḇ} ‘and returning’ forms an iterative wayyiqtol construction that conveys repeated movement.
Root and etymology
h-l-ḵheh–lamed–khaf
“to go, walk, follow”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:15
But David would go and return from Saul to tend the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 17:15, so the Hebrew word הֹלֵ֥ךְ (holekh) 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.17.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.15.W2.S1) and character.