2 Chronicles 21:6:12 Chr.21.6.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ
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 mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER a-SU BET a-khAV KI bat-a-khAV ha-ye-TA LO i-SHA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER a-SU BET a-khAV KI bat-a-khAV ha-ye-TA LO i-SHA va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative begins with vayyelekh {וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ | way-ye-lekh} ‘and he walked’, indicating a habitual course of action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 21:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ (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.21.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.6.W1.S1) and character.