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Ruth 1:19

“So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?” (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
  • תֵּלַ֣כְנָה — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3fp
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.

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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.