Exodus 14:29:3Exod.14.29.W3TAB
הָלְכ֥וּ
halkhu
“walked”
- Transliteration
- hal-KHU
- Extended
- hahl-KHOO
- IPA
- /haːlˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- walked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
hal-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA
- clause
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM
- sentence
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM ve-ham-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
Exegesis
The perfect verb halchu {הָלְכ֥וּ | hā-lə-ḵū} marks a completed action “they walked.”
In context — Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were for them a wall from their right side and from their left.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 14:29, so the Hebrew word הָלְכ֥וּ (halkhu) 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.14.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.29.W3.S1) and character.