Genesis 12:4:7Gen.12.4.W7PAT

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ

vayelekh

went

Transliteration
va-YE-lekh
Extended
vah-YEH-lekh
IPA
/vaj.ˈjeː.lɛx/

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + 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. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-lekh it-TO

  3. clause

    va-YE-lekh av-RAM ka-a-SHER di-BER e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-lekh it-TO LOT

  4. sentence

    va-YE-lekh av-RAM ka-a-SHER di-BER e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-lekh it-TO LOT ve-av-RAM ben-kha-MESH sha-NIM ve-shiv-IM sha-NA be-tse-TO me-kha-RAN

In contextGenesis 12:4

Abram went as LORD spoke to him Lot went with him and Abram son of five years and seventy year at his departure from Haran

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 12:4, 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 Gen.12.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.4.W7.S1) and character.