וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ

   va-ye-le-KHU

   {And} they went
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־יָמִ֛ים

   va-ye-le-KHU she-lo-shet-ya-MIM

   {And} they went three days
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־יָמִ֛ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְלֹא־מָ֥צְאוּ מָֽיִם׃

   va-ye-le-KHU she-lo-shet-ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-lo-MA-tse-u MA-yim

   {And} they went three days in the wilderness {And} they did not find water
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּסַּ֨ע מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִיַּם־ס֔וּף וַיֵּצְא֖וּ אֶל־מִדְבַּר־שׁ֑וּר וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־יָמִ֛ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְלֹא־מָ֥צְאוּ מָֽיִם׃

   va-yas-SA mo-SHE et-yis-ra-EL mi-yam-SUF va-ye-tse-U el-mid-bar-SHUR va-ye-le-KHU she-lo-shet-ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-lo-MA-tse-u MA-yim

   Moses {And He} caused to set out Israel from the sea of reeds {And} they went out to the wilderness of Shur {And} they went three days in the wilderness {And} they did not find water

Exegesis

The sequential imperfects vayetse’u {וַיֵּצְא֖וּ | va-yē-ṣə-ʼû} ‘and they went out’ and vayelekhu {וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ | va-yē-lə-ḵû} ‘and they walked’ depict continuous movement toward el-midbar-shur {אֶל־מִדְבַּר־שׁ֑וּר | ʾel mid-bār-šūr} ‘wilderness of Shur.’