2 Samuel 15:9:62 Sam.15.9.W6TAB
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEEKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH khev-ro-NA
- clause
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH khev-ro-NA
- sentence
va-YO-mer-LO ha-ME-lekh LEKH be-sha-LOM va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH khev-ro-NA
Exegesis
The verse features three vav-consecutive verbs—vayomer {וַיֹּֽאמֶר | vāyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, vayakam {וַיָּ֖קָם | vāyāqām} ‘and he rose’, and vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vāyēleḵ} ‘and he went’—driving the narrative forward.
Root and etymology
Rooth-l-k
“to go, walk”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:9
The king said to him, “Go with peace .” Then he rose and journeyed to Hebron.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (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.15.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.9.W6.S1) and character.