Genesis 28:5:4Gen.28.5.W4PAT
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ
vayelekh
“he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeː.lɛx/
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
- 他去了
- Korean
- 그는 갔다
- Indonesian
- ia pergi
- Bengali
- সে গেল
- Tagalog
- at pumunta siya
- Swahili
- akaenda
- Amharic
- ሄደ
- Yoruba
- ó lọ
- Igbo
- o jere
- Twi
- ɔkɔe
- Ewe
- eyi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-lekh
- clause
va-yish-LAKH yits-KHAK et-ya-a-KOV va-YE-lekh pad-DE-na a-RAM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH yits-KHAK et-ya-a-KOV va-YE-lekh pad-DE-na a-RAM el-la-VAN ben-be-too-EL ha-a-ram-MI a-KHI riv-KA EM ya-a-KOV ve-eh-SAV
In context — Genesis 28:5
sent Isaac Jacob he went to Paddan Aram to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean brother of Rebekah mother of Jacob and Esau
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 28:5, 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.28.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.5.W4.S1) and character.