Genesis 37:12:1Gen.37.12.W1PAT
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ
vayelekhu
“and went”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yee-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeː.lə.ˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and went
- French
- et allèrent
- Spanish
- y fueron
- Portuguese
- e foram
- German
- und gingen
- Russian
- и пошли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَذَهَبُوا
- Hindi
- और गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就去了
- Korean
- 그리고 갔다
- Indonesian
- dan pergi
- Bengali
- এবং গেল
- Tagalog
- at nagpunta
- Swahili
- wakaenda
- Amharic
- እና ሄዱ
- Yoruba
- wọn sì lọ
- Igbo
- ha wee gaa
- Twi
- na wɔkɔe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ + לְ + כ֖וּ
↓
va + ye + le + khu
↓
vayelekhu
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-le-KHU
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU e-KHAV
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU e-KHAV li-re-OT et-TSON a-vi-HEM bi-she-KHEM
In context — Genesis 37:12
and went his brothers to pasture the flock of their father at Shechem
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (vayelekhu) 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.37.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.12.W1.S1) and character.