Judges 19:18:11Judg.19.18.W11TAB
וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ
vaelekh
“and I went”
- Transliteration
- va-e-LEKH
- Extended
- vaa-eh-LEEKH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔeːˈleːx/
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-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta
Exegesis
The anaphoric misham {מִשָּׁם | mi-šām} ‘from there’ resumes the narrative, and the vav-consecutive wā’élēḳ {וָאֵלֵךְ | wā’élēḳ} ‘and I went’ continues the perfective action.
In context — Judges 19:18
And he said to him, “We are passing through from Bethlehem in Judah to the remotest parts of the hill country of Ephraim. From there I came and went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD , but there is no one to receive me into his house.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 19:18, 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 Judg.19.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.18.W11.S1) and character.