2 Kings 19:36:22 Kgs.19.36.W2TAB
וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHkh
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went
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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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH
- clause
va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH va-ya-SHAV san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- sentence
va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH va-ya-SHAV san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR va-ye-SHEV be-ni-n-VE
Exegesis
The verse’s syntactic structure is dominated by a series of four vav-consecutive imperfect verbs: vayissa {וַיִּסַּ֣ע | va-yis-sāʿ} ‘and he set out’, vayelekh {וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ | va-yē-lekh} ‘and he went’, vayyashav {וַיָּ֖שָׁב | va-yā-šāb} ‘and he returned’, and vayyesev {וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב | va-yē-šev} ‘and he dwelt’. This sequence produces a linked narrative highlighting departure, movement, return, and final residence.
Root and etymology
y-l-kyod–lamed–kaf
“to walk”
In context — 2 Kings 19:36
Then Sennacherib, king of Assyria, set out , went, and returned, and he dwelt in Nineveh.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:36, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ (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.19.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.36.W2.S1) and character.