2 Samuel 15:11:72 Sam.15.11.W7TAB
וְהֹלְכִ֣ים
veholkhim
“and going”
- Transliteration
- ve-hol-KHIM
- Extended
- veh-hohl-KHEEM
- IPA
- /vəhɔlˈxiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and going
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hol-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM
- clause
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM hal-KHU ma-TA-yim ISH mi-ru-sha-LA-yim ke-ru-IM ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM
- sentence
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM hal-KHU ma-TA-yim ISH mi-ru-sha-LA-yim ke-ru-IM ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM ve-LO ya-de-U KAL-da-VAR
Exegesis
The sequential participles keru’im {קְרֻאִים | kə-rû-ʼîm} ‘called/invited’ and veholkhim {וְהֹלְכִים | wə-hō-lə-khîm} ‘and going’ convey both the summons and ongoing accompaniment.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:11
And with Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who had been called and were walking in their innocence, and they did not know anything about the matter .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word וְהֹלְכִ֣ים (veholkhim) 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.15.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.11.W7.S1) and character.