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2 Kings 8:18
“And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָלַךְyâlak · yaw-lak'
H3212 · Hebrew
H3212 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H1980 (הָלַךְ));
- KJV renderings
- [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.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יֵּ֜לֶךְ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 1,044 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:14Genesis 7:18Genesis 9:23Genesis 11:31Genesis 12:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָלַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.