2 Kings 17:27:112 Kgs.17.27.W11TAB
וְיֵלְכ֖וּ
veyelkhu
“and let them go”
- Transliteration
- ve-yel-KHU
- Extended
- veh-yeel-KHOO
- IPA
- /vəjeːlˈχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let them go
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yel-KHU
- clause
va-yE-tsav ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR ho-li-KHU SHA-ma e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-li-TE-tem mi-SHAM ve-yel-KHU ve-YESH-ve SHAM
- sentence
va-yE-tsav ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR ho-li-KHU SHA-ma e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-li-TE-tem mi-SHAM ve-yel-KHU ve-YESH-ve SHAM ve-yo-REM ET-mish-PA-t e-lo-HE ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The sequential imperatives veyelchu {וְיֵלְכוּ | wə-yē-lĕ-ḵû} ‘and let them go’ and veyeshevu {וְיֵ֣שְׁבוּ | wə-yē-šĕ-vû} ‘and let them dwell’ articulate resettlement.
In context — 2 Kings 17:27
And the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Bring there one of the priests whom you exiled from there, and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the custom of the God of the land.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 17:27, so the Hebrew word וְיֵלְכ֖וּ (veyelkhu) 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.17.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.27.W11.S1) and character.