Numbers 22:39:1Num.22.39.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vayelekh
“Then went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Then went
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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-BA-lak
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-BA-lak va-ya-VO-u kir-YAT khu-TSOT
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive in Qal imperfect—vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’—linking Balaam and Balak through the preposition im {עִם־ | ʿim} ‘with’.
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to walk, to go”
In context — Numbers 22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:39, 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.22.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.39.W1.S1) and character.