Exodus 4:18:1Exod.4.18.W1PAT
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ
vayelekh
“and went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeː.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and went
- French
- et alla
- Spanish
- y fue
- Portuguese
- e foi
- German
- und ging
- Russian
- и пошёл
- Arabic-Simplified
- وذهب
- Hindi
- और गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就去了
- Korean
- 그리고 갔다
- Indonesian
- dan pergi
- Bengali
- আর গেল
- Tagalog
- at umalis
- Swahili
- akaenda
- Amharic
- እና ሄደ
- Yoruba
- ó sì lọ
- Igbo
- o wee gaa
- Twi
- na ɔkɔe
- Ewe
- eye 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH
- clause
va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO va-YO-mer LO e-la-KHA NA ve-a-SHU-va el-a-KHAI a-sher-be-mits-RA-yim ve-er-EH ha-o-DAM khai-YIM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO va-YO-mer LO e-la-KHA NA ve-a-SHU-va el-a-KHAI a-sher-be-mits-RA-yim ve-er-EH ha-o-DAM khai-YIM va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM
In context — Exodus 4:18
and went Moses and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him let me go please and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive and said Jethro to Moses go in peace
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 4:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (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 Exod.4.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.18.W1.S1) and character.