Deuteronomy 17:3:1Deut.17.3.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and he goes”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he goes
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
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-KHU la-HEM
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-KHU la-HEM ve-la-SHE-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-tsva ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vayelekh {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, vayyaavod {וֽ͏ַיַּעֲבֹד֙ | way-ya-‘ă-ḇōḏ} ‘and he served’, and vayishtakhu {וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ | way-yish-ta-ḥû} ‘and he prostrated himself’—each advancing the narrative.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:3
And he went and served other gods and bowed down to them or to the sun or to the moon or to all the host of the heavens , which I have not commanded.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (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 Deut.17.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.3.W1.S1) and character.