2 Chronicles 11:14:52 Chr.11.14.W5TAB
וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ
vayelekhu
“and they went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːləˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-le-KHU li-ye-hu-DA
- clause
ki-a-ZE-vu hal-le-vi-IM et-mig-re-SHE-hem va-a-khu-za-TAM va-ye-le-KHU li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ki-a-ZE-vu hal-le-vi-IM et-mig-re-SHE-hem va-a-khu-za-TAM va-ye-le-KHU li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LIM ki-hiz-ni-KHAM ya-ra-VA-am u-va-NA-v mik-ka-HEN la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayelechu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | və-yē-lə-ḵû} advances the narrative to their relocation.
In context — 2 Chronicles 11:14
The Levites abandoned their pasturelands and their possession, and they went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had turned them away from serving as priests for the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 11:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 11:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (vayelekhu) 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 2 Chr.11.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.11.14.W5.S1) and character.