Genesis 50:18:1Gen.50.18.W1PAT

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙

vayelkhu

and they came

Transliteration
va-yel-KHU
Extended
vah-yehl-KHOO
IPA
/vaj.jeːl.ˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they came
French
et ils vinrent
Spanish
y vinieron
Portuguese
e vieram
German
und sie kamen
Russian
и они пришли
Arabic-Simplified
وجاءوا
Hindi
और वे आए
Chinese-Simplified
他们来了
Korean
그리고 그들은 왔다
Indonesian
dan mereka datang
Bengali
আর তারা এল
Tagalog
at sila ay dumating
Swahili
na wakaja
Amharic
እና መጡ
Yoruba
àti wọ́n wá
Igbo
ha wee bịa
Twi
na wɔbaa
Ewe
eye va

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Result
וַ + יֵּלְ + כוּ֙
va + yel + khu
vayelkhu

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yel-KHU

  2. clause

    va-yel-KHU gam-e-KHAV va-yip-pe-LU le-fa-NAV

  3. sentence

    va-yel-KHU gam-e-KHAV va-yip-pe-LU le-fa-NAV va-yom-RU hin-NEN-nu le-KHA la-a-va-DIM

In contextGenesis 50:18

and they came also his brothers and they fell down before him and they said here we are to you as servants

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 50:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ (vayelkhu) 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.50.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.18.W1.S1) and character.