1 Kings 13:25:121 Kgs.13.25.W12TAB
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
vayabou
“came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-BOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoːʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-BO-u
- clause
va-ya-BO-u va-ye-dab-RU ba-IR a-SHER ha-na-VI ha-za-KEN yo-SHEV BAH
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH a-na-SHIM o-VREEM va-yir-U et-ha-ne-ve-LAH mush-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-et-ha-ar-YEH o-MED E-tsel ha-ne-ve-LAH va-ya-BO-u va-ye-dab-RU ba-IR a-SHER ha-na-VI ha-za-KEN yo-SHEV BAH
Exegesis
The narrative continues with vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | way-yā-bō-ʼû} ‘and they came’ and vayedabru {וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ | way-yə-dabber-ʼû} ‘and they spoke’, moving from sight to report.
In context — 1 Kings 13:25
And behold, men were passing by and saw the carcass thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside it. And they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (vayabou) 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 Kgs.13.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.25.W12.S1) and character.