Judges 19:2:4Judg.19.2.W4TAB
וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ
vatelekh
“and she went”
- Transliteration
- va-TE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-TEE-lehkh
- IPA
- /vatˈteːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she went
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-TE-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-lekh me-i-TO
- clause
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive verb, vatteilekh {וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ | vaṭṭēleḵ} ‘and she went’, introduces her departure, immediately followed by the directional phrase meʾittô {מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ | mēʾittô} ‘from him’.
In context — Judges 19:2
And his concubine acted unfaithfully against him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, where she remained for four months.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 19:2, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (vatelekh) 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.19.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.2.W4.S1) and character.