Jeremiah 13:5:1Jer.13.5.W1TAB
וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ
vaelekh
“and I went”
- Transliteration
- va-e-LEKH
- Extended
- vaa-eh-LEEKH
- IPA
- /vaːʔeːˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I went
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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-e-LEKH
- clause
va-e-LEKH va-et-me-NE-hu bif-RAT
- sentence
va-e-LEKH va-et-me-NE-hu bif-RAT ka-a-SHER tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH o-TI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential narrative verbs va-elekh {וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ | wā-ʾē-leḵ} ‘and I went’ and va-etmenehu {וָאֶטְמְנֵ֖הוּ | wā-ʾeṭ-mə-nê-hû} ‘and I hid it’, presenting two consecutive actions.
Root and etymology
h-l-khheh–lamed–kaf
“to go, walk”
In context — Jeremiah 13:5
And I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD commanded me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ (vaelekh) 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 Jer.13.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.5.W1.S1) and character.