2 Samuel 17:18:62 Sam.17.18.W6TAB
וַיֵּלְכוּ֩
vayelkhu
“and they went”
- Transliteration
- va-yel-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeel-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːlˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yel-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA
- clause
va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
- sentence
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
Exegesis
The phrase vayyēlĕḵû šənēhēm məhērāh {וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְהֵרָה | wă-yyē-lĕ-ḵû šĕ-nē-hēm mə-hē-rāh} ‘and the two of them went quickly’ uses dual morphology and an adverb of urgency.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:18
A young man saw them and told Absalom. Then the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim; he had a well in his courtyard , and they went down there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 17:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ (vayelkhu) 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.17.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.18.W6.S1) and character.