Numbers 22:35:13Num.22.35.W13TAB
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vayelekh
“so went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːleχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- so 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH bil-AM
- clause
va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-sa-REI va-LAK
- sentence
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM LEKH im-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-EFES et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-LE-kha o-TO te-da-BER va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-sa-REI va-LAK
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֵךְ | wā-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, marking Balaam’s compliance, and closes with im-sarei balak {עִם־שָׂרֵ֥י בָלָֽק | ʿim sā-rē Bā-lāq} ‘with Balak’s princes’, situating him among Moabite leaders.
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to walk, to go”
In context — Numbers 22:35
The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you; you shall speak it.” So Balaam went with Balak’s princes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:35:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 22:35, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (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.22.35.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.35.W13.S1) and character.