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
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 va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-YISH-TA-khu la-HEM
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.