Genesis 14:15:1Gen.14.15.W1TAB
וַיֵּחָלֵ֨ק
vayekhalek
“{And He} divided”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kha-LEK
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khah-LEHK
- IPA
- /vaj.jeː.ħaːˈleːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} divided
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-kha-LEK
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la
- clause
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM
- sentence
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM va-yir-de-FEM ad-kho-VA a-SHER mis-se-MOL le-dam-ma-SEK
Exegesis
It begins with vayehalek {וַיֵּחָלֵק | way-yē-ḥā-lēq} ‘and he divided’, a Nifal wayyiqtol form that here carries a reflexive nuance, effectively ‘he divided himself’, describing Abram’s tactical splitting of forces.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-q
“to divide, apportion”
In context — Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants , and he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah , which is to the north of Damascus.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּחָלֵ֨ק (vayekhalek) 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 Gen.14.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.15.W1.S1) and character.