Genesis 18:16:8Gen.18.16.W8PAT

הֹלֵ֥ךְ

holekh

went

Transliteration
ho-LEKH
Extended
hoh-LEHKH
IPA
/hoː.ˈleːx/

Meaning by language

English
went
French
alla
Spanish
iba
Portuguese
ia
German
ging
Russian
пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
مَضَى
Hindi
गया
Chinese-Simplified
同行
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
berjalan
Bengali
যাচ্ছিল
Tagalog
sumama
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
ሄደ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
gara
Twi
kɔe
Ewe
yi

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Result
הֹ + לֵ֥ךְ
ho + lekh
holekh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ho-LEKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ho-LEKH im-MAM

  3. clause

    ve-a-ve-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-a-ve-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM

In contextGenesis 18:16

the men arose from there looked down toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to send them off

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word הֹלֵ֥ךְ (holekh) 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.18.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W8.S1) and character.