1 Samuel 19:23:11 Sam.19.23.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
va-ye-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH SHAM
- clause
va-ye-LEKH SHAM el-na-VIT ba-ra-MA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH SHAM el-na-VIT ba-ra-MA va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive on vayyeilekh {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ indicating sequential narrative flow, followed by the locative adverb sham {שָׁ֔ם | šām} ‘there’.
The next sequence uses vayyeilekh hālōwḵ {וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ | wayyēleḵ hālōwḵ} ‘and he walked about’, pairing the imperfect with a participle to stress continuous motion, and wayyiṯnabbēʾ {וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א | wayyiṯnabbēʾ} ‘and he prophesied’ in the Niphal stem to signal a prophetic utterance.
Root and etymology
y-l-kyod–lamed–kaf
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:23
Saul went there to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God was also upon him; and he walked about prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 19:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (vayelekh) 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.19.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.23.W1.S1) and character.