Genesis 28:7:5Gen.28.7.W5PAT
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ
vayelekh
“he went”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-YEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeː.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- he went
- French
- alla
- Spanish
- fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- ging
- Russian
- пошёл
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَذَهَبَ
- Hindi
- गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去了
- Korean
- 갔다
- Indonesian
- pergi
- Bengali
- গেল
- Tagalog
- at nagpunta
- Swahili
- akaenda
- Amharic
- ሄደ
- Yoruba
- ó lọ
- Igbo
- gara
- Twi
- ɔkɔe
- Ewe
- yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ֖ + 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
- clause
va-YE-lekh pa-DE-na a-RAM
- sentence
va-yish-MA ya-a-KOV el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO va-YE-lekh pa-DE-na a-RAM
In context — Genesis 28:7
obeyed Jacob his father and his mother he went to Paddan Aram
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 28:7, 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.28.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.7.W5.S1) and character.