Genesis 13:3:1Gen.13.3.W1PAT

וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙

vayelekh

and he went

Transliteration
va-ye-LEKH
Extended
vah-yeh-LEKH
IPA
/vaj.jeˈlɛx/

Meaning by language

English
and he went
French
et il alla
Spanish
y fue
Portuguese
e foi
German
und er ging
Russian
и он пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
وذهب
Hindi
और वह गया
Chinese-Simplified
他就去了
Korean
그리고 그는 갔다
Indonesian
dan ia pergi
Bengali
আর সে গেল
Tagalog
at lumakad siya
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
እርሱም ሄደ
Yoruba
ó sì lọ
Igbo
o wee jee
Twi
na ɔkɔe
Ewe
eye wòyi

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֙ + לֶךְ֙
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 le-mas-sa-AV min-NE-gev ve-ad-beit-EL

  3. sentence

    va-ye-LEKH le-mas-sa-AV min-NE-gev ve-ad-beit-EL ad-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-ha-YA SHAM a-ho-LO ba-te-khi-LA BEIN beit-EL u-VEIN ha-AI

In contextGenesis 13:3

from the Negeb and he went by his stages and as far as Bethel as far as the place which had been there his tent at the beginning between Bethel and between the Ai

About this coordinate

Genesis 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 13:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (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.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.3.W1.S1) and character.