Genesis 27:5:7Gen.27.5.W7PAT

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ

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
пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
فذهب
Hindi
गया
Chinese-Simplified
去了
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
pergi
Bengali
গেল
Tagalog
at umalis
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
ሄደ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
gara
Twi
kɔe
Ewe
yi

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֤ + 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 e-SAV

  3. clause

    va-YE-lekh e-SAV has-sa-DE la-TSUD TSA-yid le-ha-VI

  4. sentence

    ve-riv-KA sho-MA-at be-dab-BER yits-KHAK el-e-SAV be-NO va-YE-lekh e-SAV has-sa-DE la-TSUD TSA-yid le-ha-VI

In contextGenesis 27:5

and Rebekah was listening while speaking Isaac to Esau his son Esau went to the field to hunt game to bring

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 27:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (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.27.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.5.W7.S1) and character.