Genesis 26:1:11Gen.26.1.W11PAT

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ

vayelekh

went

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

Meaning by language

English
went
French
alla
Spanish
fue
Portuguese
foi
German
ging
Russian
пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
ذهب
Hindi
गया
Chinese-Simplified
去了
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
pergi
Bengali
গেল
Tagalog
pumunta
Swahili
alienda
Amharic
ሄደ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
gara
Twi
kɔe
Ewe
yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֧ + 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-YE-lekh yits-KHAK

  3. clause

    va-YE-lekh yits-KHAK EL-a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh-pe-lish-TIM ge-ra-RA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets mil-le-VAD ha-ra-AV ha-ri-SHON a-SHER ha-YA bi-MEI av-ra-HAM va-YE-lekh yits-KHAK EL-a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh-pe-lish-TIM ge-ra-RA

In contextGenesis 26:1

famine there was in the land besides the famine the first which was in the days of Abraham Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 26:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (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.26.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.1.W11.S1) and character.