2 Chronicles 20:32:12 Chr.20.32.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he walked”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEE-lehkh
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he walked
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
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh a-VIV a-SA ve-LO-SAHR mi-ME-NA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh a-VIV a-SA ve-LO-SAHR mi-ME-NA la-a-SOT ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the verb vayyelek {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he walked’, featuring vav consecutive to signal narrative progression.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:32
He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it to do what is right in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 20:32, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (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 2 Chr.20.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.32.W1.S1) and character.