1 Chronicles 17:16:11 Chr.17.16.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹא֙
vayavo
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- clause
va-ya-VO ham-ME-lekh da-VID va-ye-SHEV lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO ham-ME-lekh da-VID va-ye-SHEV lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a series of vav consecutives: vayyābōʾ {וַיָּבֹא֙ | wayyābōʾ} ‘and he came’, vayyešeḇ {וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב | wayyešeḇ} ‘and he sat’, wayyōʾmēr {וַיֹּאָמֶר | wayyōʾmēr} ‘and he said’, typical of Hebrew narrative linkage.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:16
Then King David came and sat before the LORD , and he said, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house , that You have brought me this far?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 17:16, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹא֙ (vayavo) 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.17.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.16.W1.S1) and character.