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Nehemiah 8:12

“And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָלַךְyâlak · yaw-lak'
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
יֵּלְכ֨וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 1,044 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:14 Genesis 7:18 Genesis 9:23 Genesis 11:31 Genesis 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.

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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.