Genesis 14:12:6Gen.14.12.W6PAT

וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ

vayelekhu

they went

Transliteration
va-ye-le-KHU
Extended
vah-yeh-leh-KHOO
IPA
/vaj.jeː.le.ˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
they went
French
ils partirent
Spanish
se fueron
Portuguese
partiram
German
sie gingen
Russian
они ушли
Arabic-Simplified
وَذَهَبُوا
Hindi
वे चले गए
Chinese-Simplified
他们走了
Korean
그들이 떠나갔다
Indonesian
mereka pergi
Bengali
তারা চলে গেল
Tagalog
at umalis sila
Swahili
wakaenda
Amharic
ሄዱ
Yoruba
wọn lọ
Igbo
ha gara
Twi
wɔkɔɔ
Ewe
woyi

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Result
וַ + יֵּ + לֵ֑ + כוּ
va + ye + le + khu
vayelekhu

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
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-le-KHU

  2. clause

    va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO ben-a-KHI av-RAM va-ye-le-KHU

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KHU et-LOT ve-et-re-khu-SHO ben-a-KHI av-RAM va-ye-le-KHU ve-HU yo-SHEV bi-se-DOM

In contextGenesis 14:12

they took Lot son of the brother of Abram and his possessions they went and he was dwelling in Sodom

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 14:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (vayelekhu) 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.14.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.12.W6.S1) and character.