2 Samuel 13:38:32 Sam.13.38.W3TAB
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and went
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH ge-SHUR
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM ba-RAKH va-ye-LEKH ge-SHUR
- sentence
ve-av-sha-LOM ba-RAKH va-ye-LEKH ge-SHUR va-ye-HI-SHAM sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive in va-yelekh {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | way-yē-lekh} ‘and he went’ directs motion toward the place name Geshur {גְּשׁ֑וּר | ḡə-šūr}.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:38
And Absalom fled and went to Geshur and he remained there for three years .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:38, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (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 Sam.13.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.38.W3.S1) and character.