2 Kings 17:22:12 Kgs.17.22.W1TAB
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙
vayelekhu
“and they walked”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-le-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːləˈxuː/
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-NE yis-ra-EL be-khol-kha-to-OT ya-rav-AM a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU be-NE yis-ra-EL be-khol-kha-to-OT ya-rav-AM a-SHER a-SA lo-SA-ru mi-me-NA
Exegesis
The Hebrew opens with the vav-consecutive prefix vayyel’khu {וַיֵּֽלְכוּ | wayyēlēkû} ‘and they walked’, linking this action to prior narrative.
In context — 2 Kings 17:22
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam that he committed; they did not turn aside from them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (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.17.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.22.W1.S1) and character.