Genesis 22:3:17Gen.22.3.W17PAT

וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ

vayelekh

he went

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

Meaning by language

English
he went
French
il alla
Spanish
fue
Portuguese
foi
German
er ging
Russian
он пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
وَذَهَبَ
Hindi
वह चला गया
Chinese-Simplified
他去了
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
ia pergi
Bengali
গেল
Tagalog
at nagpunta
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
ሄደ
Yoruba
ó lọ
Igbo
o gara
Twi
ɔkɔe
Ewe
e yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֔ + 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-ya-KAM va-YE-lekh

  3. clause

    va-ye-va-KA a-TSEI o-LA va-ya-KAM va-YE-lekh el-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-mar-LO ha-e-lo-HIM

  4. sentence

    va-yash-KEM av-ra-HAM ba-BO-ker va-ya-kha-VOSH et-kha-mo-RO va-yik-KAKH et-she-NEI ne-a-RAW it-TO ve-ET yits-KHAK be-NO va-ye-va-KA a-TSEI o-LA va-ya-KAM va-YE-lekh el-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-mar-LO ha-e-lo-HIM

In contextGenesis 22:3

in the morning Abraham rose early he saddled his donkey he took with him two of his young men and Isaac his son he split wood for burnt offering he arose he went to the place God that had told him

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 22:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ (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.22.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.3.W17.S1) and character.