2 Kings 17:8:12 Kgs.17.8.W1TAB
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙
vayelekhu
“and they walked”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-YEE-leh-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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-le-KHU
- clause
va-YE-le-KHU be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-le-KHU be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL u-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER A-SU
Exegesis
The clause opens with vayyelekhu {וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ | vay·yə·lēḵû} ‘and they walked,’ a vav-consecutive verb that advances the historical narration while also marking moral direction (“walk” as lived allegiance).
In context — 2 Kings 17:8
And they walked in the statutes of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, and in those of the kings of Israel that they had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:8, 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.8.W1.S1) and character.