Exodus 18:27:4Exod.18.27.W4TAB
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vaˈyelekh
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ˈYE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-ˈYEH-lekh
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeː.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went
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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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Word in context
- word
va-ˈYE-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ˈYE-lekh ˈLO
- clause
va-ˈYE-lekh ˈLO el-ˈAR-tso
- sentence
va-jə-shal-ˈLAKH mo-ˈSHE et-khot-ˈNO va-ˈYE-lekh ˈLO el-ˈAR-tso
Exegesis
In the second clause, vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ shifts the subject to the father-in-law by context.
In context — Exodus 18:27
So Moses released his father-in-law , and he went back to his own land.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 18:27, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (vaˈyelekh) 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.18.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.27.W4.S1) and character.