Genesis 28:10:5Gen.28.10.W5PAT

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ

vayelekh

he went

Transliteration
va-YE-lekh
Extended
vah-YEH-lehkh
IPA
/wajˈjeː.lex/

Meaning by language

English
he went
French
il alla
Spanish
fue
Portuguese
foi
German
ging
Russian
он пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
وَذَهَبَ
Hindi
वह गया
Chinese-Simplified
前往
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
pergi
Bengali
সে গেল
Tagalog
nagpunta
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
ሄደ
Yoruba
ó lọ
Igbo
ọ gara
Twi
ɔkɔe
Ewe
e yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֖ + 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. clause

    va-YE-lekh kha-ra-NA

  3. sentence

    va-ye-TSE ya-a-KOV mi-be-ER SHA-va va-YE-lekh kha-ra-NA

In contextGenesis 28:10

went out Jacob from well of seven he went toward Haran

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 28:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (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.28.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.10.W5.S1) and character.