Judges 21:24:1Judg.21.24.W1TAB
וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ
vayithalekhu
“and they went”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-ha-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yit-hah-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.halˈlə.xuː/
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-ha-le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-SHAM be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-SHAM be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-ET ha-HI ISH le-shiv-TO u-le-mish-pa-kh-TO
- sentence
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-SHAM be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-ET ha-HI ISH le-shiv-TO u-le-mish-pa-kh-TO va-ye-tsu mi-SHAM ISH le-na-kha-la-TO
Exegesis
The verse employs sequential narrative marking through the vav-consecutive prefix on the verbs: vayithallekhu {וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ | way·yiṯ·hal·le·ḵû} ‘and they walked away’ and vayetse'u {וַיֵּצְא֣וּ | way·yē·ṣə·’ū} ‘and they went out’, underscoring progression.
In context — Judges 21:24
And the Israelites departed from there at that time, each man to his tribe and to his family , and they went out from there, each man to his inheritance.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ (vayithalekhu) 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.21.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.24.W1.S1) and character.