1 Chronicles 18:5:11 Chr.18.5.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹא֙
vayabo
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO
- Extended
- vah-yah-BOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and came
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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-BO
- clause
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA
- sentence
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayyāḇōʾ {וַיָּבֹא֙ | vayyāḇōʾ} ‘and came’, marking sequential narrative flow.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:5
And the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah , and David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹא֙ (vayabo) 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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W1.S1) and character.