Genesis 9:23:8Gen.9.23.W8PAT

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙

vayelekhu

went

Transliteration
va-ye-le-KHU
Extended
vah-yeh-leh-KHOO
IPA
/waj.jeː.ləˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
went
French
allèrent
Spanish
caminaron
Portuguese
andaram
German
gingen
Russian
пошли
Arabic-Simplified
سَارَا
Hindi
चले
Chinese-Simplified
走了
Korean
갔다
Indonesian
berjalan
Bengali
হাঁটল
Tagalog
lumakad
Swahili
walitembea
Amharic
ሄዱ
Yoruba
rin
Igbo
jee ije
Twi
kɔe
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יֵּֽ + לְ + כוּ֙
va + ye + le + khu
vayelekhu

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
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-le-KHU

  2. clause

    va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM

  3. sentence

    va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U

In contextGenesis 9:23

Shem and Japheth took the garment placed on the shoulders of both of them went backward covered nakedness of their father and their faces backward and nakedness of their father did not see

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (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.9.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W8.S1) and character.