Genesis 35:22:6Gen.35.22.W6PAT

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ

vayelekh

went

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

Meaning by language

English
went
French
alla
Spanish
fue
Portuguese
foi
German
ging
Russian
пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
وذهب
Hindi
गया
Chinese-Simplified
去了
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
pergi
Bengali
গেল
Tagalog
at pumunta
Swahili
akaenda
Amharic
ሄደ
Yoruba
lọ
Igbo
gara
Twi
kɔe
Ewe
yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֣ + 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 re-u-VEN

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI bi-KON yis-ra-EL ba-A-retz ha-HI va-YE-lekh re-u-VEN va-yish-KAV et-bil-HA pi-le-GESH a-VIV

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI bi-KON yis-ra-EL ba-A-retz ha-HI va-YE-lekh re-u-VEN va-yish-KAV et-bil-HA pi-le-GESH a-VIV va-yish-MA yis-ra-EL va-yih-YU be-nei-ya-a-KOV she-NEIM a-SAR

In contextGenesis 35:22

and it happened while dwelling Israel in the land that went Reuben he lay with Bilhah concubine of his father heard of it Israel were the sons of Jacob two ten

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 35:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (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.35.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.22.W6.S1) and character.