Judges 19:14:2Judg.19.14.W2TAB
וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ
vayelekhu
“and they went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yee-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːlɛˈχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-le-KHU
- clause
va-ya-a-VRU va-ye-le-KHU
- sentence
va-ya-a-VRU va-ye-le-KHU va-ta-VO la-HEM ha-SHE-mesh E-tsel ha-giv-A a-SHER le-vin-ya-MIN
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive imperfects—vaya’avru {וַיַּעַבְרוּ | wa-ya-ʿa-vru} “and they passed” and vayelekhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wa-ye-le-khu} “and they went”—to depict continuous movement.
In context — Judges 19:14
And they passed on and continued going, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (vayelekhu) 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 Judg.19.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.14.W2.S1) and character.