1 Samuel 19:23:111 Sam.19.23.W11TAB
הָלוֹךְ֙
halokh
“going”
- Transliteration
- ha-LOKH
- Extended
- haa-LOHKH
- IPA
- /haːˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- going
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LOKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH
- clause
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
- 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 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.
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 19:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 19:23, so the Hebrew word הָלוֹךְ֙ (halokh) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.23.W11.S1) and character.