Genesis 18:22:4Gen.18.22.W4PAT
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ
vayelkhu
“went”
- Transliteration
- va-yel-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yel-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jel.ˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went
- French
- allèrent
- Spanish
- fueron
- Portuguese
- foram
- German
- gingen
- Russian
- пошли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَذَهَبُوا
- Hindi
- गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去了
- Korean
- 갔다
- Indonesian
- pergi
- Bengali
- গেল
- Tagalog
- at nagpunta
- Swahili
- wakaenda
- Amharic
- ሄዱ
- Yoruba
- lọ
- Igbo
- gara
- Twi
- kɔe
- Ewe
- 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yel-KHU
- clause
va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma
- sentence
va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma ve-av-ra-HAM o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 18:22
the men turned from there went toward Sodom but Abraham still stood before LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (vayelkhu) 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.18.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.22.W4.S1) and character.