2 Kings 17:19:72 Kgs.17.19.W7TAB
וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ
vayelekhu
“and they walked”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-lee-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːləˈχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| 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
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU be-khu-KOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-SU
- sentence
gam-ye-hu-DA LO sha-MAR et-mits-VE-vot ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ye-le-KHU be-khu-KOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-SU
Exegesis
The Vav-consecutive imperfect va-yelekhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | way-yᵊl-kū} introduces the result clause, which contains the prepositional phrase bechukot Yisrael {בְּחֻקּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-ḥuk-kōt yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘in the statutes of Israel’ and the relative clause asher asu {אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ | ’ă-šer ‘ā-sû} ‘that they made.’ The contrast highlights Judah’s rejection of divine law in favor of Israel’s self-devised regulations.
In context — 2 Kings 17:19
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God , but they walked in the statutes of Israel that Israel had made.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:19, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (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 Kgs.17.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.19.W7.S1) and character.