Genesis 29:1:4Gen.29.1.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
- пошел
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَذَهَبَ
- Hindi
- वह गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他去了
- Korean
- 갔다
- Indonesian
- pergi
- Bengali
- গেল
- Tagalog
- at nagpunta
- Swahili
- akaenda
- Amharic
- ሄደ
- Yoruba
- lọ
- Igbo
- o gara
- Twi
- ɔkɔe
- Ewe
- eyi
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 AR-tsa ve-nei-KE-dem
- sentence
va-yis-SA ya-a-KOV rag-LAV va-YE-lekh AR-tsa ve-nei-KE-dem
In context — Genesis 29:1
lifted Jacob his feet he went to the land of the sons of the east
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 29:1, 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.29.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.1.W4.S1) and character.