Genesis 26:31:8Gen.26.31.W8PAT

וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ

vayelkhu

they went

Transliteration
va-yel-KHU
Extended
vah-yehl-KHOO
IPA
/waj.jeːlˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
they went
French
ils partirent
Spanish
se fueron
Portuguese
foram embora
German
gingen fort
Russian
они ушли
Arabic-Simplified
وَذَهَبُوا
Hindi
वे चले गए
Chinese-Simplified
他们离去了
Korean
그들은 갔다
Indonesian
mereka pergi
Bengali
তারা চলে গেল
Tagalog
at umalis sila
Swahili
wakaenda
Amharic
ሄዱ
Yoruba
wọn lọ
Igbo
ha gara
Twi
wɔkɔe
Ewe
woyi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּלְ + כ֥וּ
va + yel + khu
vayelkhu

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yel-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yel-KHU me-it-TO

  3. clause

    va-ye-shal-le-KHEM yits-KHAK va-yel-KHU me-it-TO be-sha-LOM

  4. sentence

    va-yash-KI-mu ba-BO-ker va-yish-sha-ve-U ISH le-a-KHIV va-ye-shal-le-KHEM yits-KHAK va-yel-KHU me-it-TO be-sha-LOM

In contextGenesis 26:31

they rose early in the morning each they swore to his brother Isaac sent them away they went from him in peace

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:31:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 26:31, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (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.26.31.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.31.W8.S1) and character.