2 Chronicles 28:2:12 Chr.28.2.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ
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-dar-KHE mal-KHE yis-re-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-dar-KHE mal-KHE yis-re-EL ve-GAM ma-SE-khot a-SA la-be-a-LIM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive form vayelekh {וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ | yā-lē-ḵ} ‘and he walked’ signals sequential narrative progression and is rendered “He walked” in the formal version, whereas the dynamic version uses “adopted” to highlight moral conformity.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:2
And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and he also made cast images for the Baals .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 28:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (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.28.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.2.W1.S1) and character.