Deuteronomy 17:3:1Deut.17.3.W1PAT

וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ

vayelekh

went

Transliteration
va-YE-lekh
Extended
vah-YEH-lekh
IPA
/vajˈjeːlɛx/

Meaning by language

English
went
French
alla
Spanish
fue
Portuguese
foi
German
ging
Russian
пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
ذَهَبَ
Hindi
गया
Chinese-Simplified
去了
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
pergi
Bengali
গেল
Tagalog
nagpunta
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
ሄደ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
gara
Twi
kɔe
Ewe
yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֗ + לֶךְ
va + ye + lekh
vayelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-lekh

  2. clause

    va-YE-lekh va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-YISH-TA-khu la-HEM

  3. sentence

    va-YE-lekh va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-YISH-TA-khu la-HEM veh-la-SHEH-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-TSVA ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti

In contextDeuteronomy 17:3

went served gods other bowed down to them and to the sun or to the moon or to all the host the heavens which did not command

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 17:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (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 Deut.17.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.3.W1.S1) and character.