1 Samuel 20:42:231 Sam.20.42.W23TAB
וַיֵּ֣לַךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jɔːˈqɔːm/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
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va-ye-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH vi-ye-ho-NA-tan
- sentence
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH vi-ye-ho-NA-tan BA ha-IR
Exegesis
vayavo {וַיֵּלֶךְ … וַיָּבוֹא | wayyēleḵ … wayyāḇō}, marking the separate movements of the two men and maintaining the historical sequence in translation by rendering vav consecutive verbs in the past tense.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, “Peace to you, for we have sworn friendship between us in the name of the LORD , saying, ‘The LORD will be between me and you and between your descendants and between my descendants forever.’” Then David departed, and Jonathan returned to the city.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:42:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 1 Samuel 20:42, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣לַךְ (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.20.42.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.42.W23.S1) and character.