2 Kings 13:2:52 Kgs.13.2.W5TAB
וַ֠יֵּלֶךְ
vayelekh
“followed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHKh
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- followed
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 a-KHAR kha-TOHT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER-he-khe-TEE et-yis-ra-EL lo-SAR mihm-meh-NA
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH a-KHAR kha-TOHT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER-he-khe-TEE et-yis-ra-EL lo-SAR mihm-meh-NA
Exegesis
The verse advances the narrative with two verb-initial wayyiqtol clauses, vaya'as {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyāʿaś} and vayyelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wayyēleḵ}, presenting successive aspects of the king’s conduct: first the evaluative summary, then the concrete pattern of allegiance.
The idiom vayyelekh achar {וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחַר | wayyēleḵ ʾaḥar} “he walked after” depicts a sustained course of imitation and loyalty; it is completed by the object chatot yarav`am {חַטֹּאת יָרָבְעָם | ḥaṭṭōt yārāḇʿām}, a construct relationship that assigns the sins to Jeroboam as their defining source and model.
In context — 2 Kings 13:2
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and he walked after the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; he did not turn aside from it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 13:2, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יֵּלֶךְ (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 Kgs.13.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.2.W5.S1) and character.