Numbers 16:25:6Num.16.25.W6TAB
וַיֵּלְכוּ
vayelekhu
“and went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yehl-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈlχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-ye-le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RAV
- clause
va-ya-KAM mo-SHEH va-ye-LEKH el-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-ya-KAM mo-SHEH va-ye-LEKH el-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RAV zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative is driven by the vav-consecutive chain wayyaqām {וַיָּקָם | wa-ya-qām} ‘and he arose’, wayyēlēḵ {וַיֵּלֶךְ | way-yē-lēḵ} ‘and he went’, and wayyēləkū {וַיֵּלְכוּ | way-yē-lə-kū} ‘and they went’, marking sequential action.
In context — Numbers 16:25
And Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel went after him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:25, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכוּ (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 Num.16.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.25.W6.S1) and character.