וַ/יֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ

𐤅/𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅

vayelekhu

And they went

a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.

H3212

Joshua 2:1 · Word #18

Lexicon H3212

Lemmaיָלַךְ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤋𐤊
Transliterationyâlak
Strong'sH3212
In-contextAnd they went

Morphology HC/Vqw3mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H3212-79

and they walked on

Morphological NotesVerb; Qal stem; waw-consecutive (wayyiqtol) imperfect; 3rd person masculine plural. Narrative past sequence: "and they went/walked."
Rendering RationaleThe root ילך fundamentally denotes walking or going. In the Qal stem with waw-consecutive (Vqw3mp), the form expresses a sequential past action performed by third person masculine plural subjects, hence "and they walked on," reflecting both the narrative progression and the plural masculine form (gender retained where English permits).

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Words from Root ילך (walking, going, proceeding, journeying, movement from one place/state to another)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3212-02 belekhetan in their walking
H3212-03 belekhetekha in your walking
H3212-05 elakhah Let me go forth

Word Usage (1044 occurrences of H3212)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 3:14 תֵלֵ֔ךְ telekhe you shall go
Genesis 7:18 וַ/תֵּ֥לֶךְ vatelekhe went
Genesis 9:23 וַ/יֵּֽלְכוּ֙ vayelekhu and walked