Genesis 25:22:9Gen.25.22.W9PAT

וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ

vatelekh

she went

Transliteration
va-TE-lekh
Extended
vah-TEH-lehkh
IPA
/vat.ˈteː.lɛx/

Meaning by language

English
she went
French
elle alla
Spanish
ella fue
Portuguese
ela foi
German
sie ging
Russian
она пошла
Arabic-Simplified
فذهبت
Hindi
वह गई
Chinese-Simplified
她去
Korean
그녀가 갔다
Indonesian
ia pergi
Bengali
সে গেল
Tagalog
at nagpunta siya
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
እርስዋ ሄደች
Yoruba
ó lọ
Igbo
ọ gara
Twi
ɔkɔe
Ewe
eyi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תֵּ֖ + לֶךְ
va + te + lekh
vatelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
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-TE-lekh

  2. clause

    va-TE-lekh li-DROSH et-ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-yi-te-ro-tsa-TSU ha-ba-NIM be-kir-BAH va-TO-mer im-KEN LA-ma ZEH a-no-KHI va-TE-lekh li-DROSH et-ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 25:22

the children struggled within her she said if so why this I she went to inquire of LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 25:22, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ (vatelekh) 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.25.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.22.W9.S1) and character.