Exodus 14:19:4Exod.14.19.W4TAB
הַהֹלֵךְ֙
haholekh
“who was going”
- Transliteration
- ha-ho-LEKH
- Extended
- hah-hoh-LEHK
- IPA
- /ha.hoˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- who was going
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
ha-ho-LEKH
- clause
va-yis-SA mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ho-LEKH lif-NEI ma-kha-NE yis-ra-EL va-YE-lekh me-a-kha-RE-hem
- sentence
va-yis-SA mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ho-LEKH lif-NEI ma-kha-NE yis-ra-EL va-YE-lekh me-a-kha-RE-hem va-yis-SA am-MUD he-a-NAN mip-NEI-hem va-ya-a-MOD me-a-kha-RE-hem
Exegesis
The compound noun phrase mal’akh ha’elohim {מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים | malʾaḵ ha-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘angel of God’, modified by the participle ha-holekh {הַהֹלֵךְ | ha-hō-lē-ḵ} ‘the one going’, denotes continuous divine guidance.
In context — Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God who was going before the camp of Israel set out and went behind them. And the pillar of cloud also set out from before them and stood behind them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:19, so the Hebrew word הַהֹלֵךְ֙ (haholekh) 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 Exod.14.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.19.W4.S1) and character.