Genesis 36:6:16Gen.36.6.W16PAT
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
vayelekh
“he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /waj.jeˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- he went
- French
- il s’en alla
- Spanish
- se fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- er ging
- Russian
- он пошёл
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَذَهَبَ
- Hindi
- वह चला गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他去了
- Korean
- 그는 갔다
- Indonesian
- ia pergi
- Bengali
- তিনি চলে গেলেন
- Tagalog
- at umalis siya
- Swahili
- akaenda
- Amharic
- እርሱ ሄደ
- Yoruba
- ó lọ
- Igbo
- ọ gara
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH el-E-rets
- clause
va-ye-LEKH el-E-rets mip-NEI ya-a-KOV a-KHIV
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH e-SAV et-na-SHAV ve-et-ba-NAV ve-et-be-no-TAV ve-et-kol-naf-SHOT bei-TO ve-et-mik-NE-hu ve-et-kol-be-hem-TO ve-ET kol-kin-ya-NO a-SHER ra-KHASH be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ye-LEKH el-E-rets mip-NEI ya-a-KOV a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 36:6
took Esau his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the members of his house and his livestock and all his animals and all his property which he acquired in the land of Canaan he went to a land away from Jacob his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 36:6, 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.36.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.6.W16.S1) and character.