1 Chronicles 13:9:11 Chr.13.9.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoːʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO-u
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ad-GO-ren khi-DON
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ad-GO-ren khi-DON va-yish-LAKH u-ZA et-ya-DO le-e-KHOZ et-ha-A-ron KI sham-TEU ha-ba-KAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇōʾû} ‘and they came’ (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect), followed by ad gōrên Kidon {עַד־גֹּרֶן כִּידֹן | ʿăd gōrên kîḏōn} ‘until the threshing floor of Kidon’ marking the spatial endpoint.
In context — 1 Chronicles 13:9
When they reached the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark , because the oxen stumbled.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 13:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 13:9, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (vayavou) 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 1 Chr.13.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.9.W1.S1) and character.