Ezekiel 19:6:1Ezek.19.6.W1TAB
וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ
vayithalekh
“and he walked about”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-ha-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yit-hah-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.halˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he walked about
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-yit-ha-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ha-LEKH be-TOKH-a-ra-YOT
- clause
va-yit-ha-LEKH be-TOKH-a-ra-YOT ke-FIR ha-YA
- sentence
va-yit-ha-LEKH be-TOKH-a-ra-YOT ke-FIR ha-YA va-yil-MAD lit-RAF-TE-ref a-DAM a-KHAL
Exegesis
It begins with vayithalekh {וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ | wayyit-hallēḵ} ‘he walked about’, a Hitpael stem conveying reflexive prowling.
In context — Ezekiel 19:6
And he moved about among lions ; he became a young lion, learned to seize prey, and he devoured men .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 19:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (vayithalekh) 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 Ezek.19.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.6.W1.S1) and character.