1 Samuel 23:16:41 Sam.23.16.W4TAB
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHkh
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went
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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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH el-da-VID
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ye-ho-NA-tan BEN-sha-UL va-ye-LEKH el-da-VID KHOR-she va-ya-kha-ZEK et-ya-DO be-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The narrative uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to portray swift, deliberate action, beginning with wayyāqām {וַיָּקָם | wayyāqām} ‘and he arose’, then wayyēleḵ {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’, and wayyaḥazzēq {וַיְחַזֵּק | wayyaḥazzēq} ‘and he strengthened’.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:16
Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and he strengthened his hand in God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 23:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (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.23.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.16.W4.S1) and character.