Genesis 26:17:1Gen.26.17.W1PAT
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
vayelekh
“went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEH-lekh
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeː.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- went
- French
- alla
- Spanish
- fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- ging
- Russian
- ушёл
- Arabic-Simplified
- وذهب
- Hindi
- गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 离开了
- Korean
- 갔다
- Indonesian
- pergi
- Bengali
- গেল
- Tagalog
- at umalis
- Swahili
- alienda
- Amharic
- ሄደ
- Yoruba
- lọ
- Igbo
- gara
- Twi
- kɔe
- Ewe
- yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + לֶךְ
↓
va + ye + lekh
↓
vayelekh
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-lekh mi-SHAM
- clause
va-YE-lekh mi-SHAM yi-tse-KHAK
- sentence
va-YE-lekh mi-SHAM yi-tse-KHAK va-YI-khan be-na-khal-ge-RAR va-YE-shev SHAM
In context — Genesis 26:17
Isaac went from there he encamped in the valley of Gerar he settled there
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (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.26.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.17.W1.S1) and character.