Numbers 22:21:6Num.22.21.W6TAB
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-ye-LEKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːlɛx/
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-LEKH
- clause
va-ye-LEKH im-sa-REI mo-AV
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-ya-kha-VOSH et-a-to-NO va-ye-LEKH im-sa-REI mo-AV
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a tight narrative sequence marked by three vav-consecutive verbs: vayakam {וַיָּ֤קָם | wayyāqām} ‘and he rose’, wayyaḥăbōš {וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ | wayyaḥăbōš} ‘and he saddled’, and wayyēleḵ {וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’, which together create a rapid chain of events.
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to walk, to go”
In context — Numbers 22:21
And Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey , and he went with the officials of Moab .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (vayelekh) 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.22.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.21.W6.S1) and character.