Exodus 14:29:3Exod.14.29.W3TAB

הָלְכ֥וּ

halkhu

walked

Transliteration
hal-KHU
Extended
hahl-KHOO
IPA
/haːlˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
walked

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Result
הָלְ + כ֥וּ
hal + khu
halkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    hal-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA

  3. clause

    oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.