Joshua 18:9:1Josh.18.9.W1TAB
וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ
vayelkhu
“So they went”
- Transliteration
- va-yeL-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yehl-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːlˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- So they 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yeL-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer
- sentence
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ho-SHU-a el-ha-ma-kha-NEH shi-LO
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vav-consecutive verbs vayelkhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | way-yē-lə-ḵû} ‘and they went’ and vaya‘avru {וַיַּעַבְרוּ | way-ya-‘a-bə-rû} ‘and they passed through’, marking sequential action in Hebrew narrative.
In context — Joshua 18:9
So the men went and passed through the land, and they wrote it down by cities into seven portions on a scroll . Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ (vayelkhu) 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 Josh.18.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.9.W1.S1) and character.