Genesis 37:17:10Gen.37.17.W10PAT

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ

vayelekh

and he went

Transliteration
va-YE-lekh
Extended
vah-YEE-lehkh
IPA
/vajˈjeː.lɛx/

Meaning by language

English
and he went
French
et il alla
Spanish
y fue
Portuguese
e foi
German
und er ging
Russian
и он пошёл
Arabic-Simplified
فذهب
Hindi
और वह गया
Chinese-Simplified
于是他去了
Korean
그리고 그가 갔다
Indonesian
lalu ia pergi
Bengali
আর সে গেল
Tagalog
at pumunta siya
Swahili
naye akaenda
Amharic
እርሱም ሄደ
Yoruba
ó sì lọ
Igbo
o wee gaa
Twi
na ɔkɔe

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֤ + 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 yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-YE-lekh yo-SEF a-KHAR e-KHAV va-yi-me-tsa-EM be-do-TAN

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ha-ISH na-se-U miz-ZEH KI sha-MA-e-ti o-me-RIM ne-le-KHA do-TAI-na va-YE-lekh yo-SEF a-KHAR e-KHAV va-yi-me-tsa-EM be-do-TAN

In contextGenesis 37:17

and he said the man they have set out from here for I heard saying let us go to Dothan and he went Joseph after his brothers and he found them in Dothan

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 37:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (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.37.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.17.W10.S1) and character.