1 Kings 16:18:61 Kgs.16.18.W6TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖א
vayabo
“and he went”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO
- Extended
- vah-yaa-BOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-BO
- clause
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh va-yis-ROF a-LAV et-bet-ME-lekh ba-ESH va-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The verse employs successive vav-consecutive verbs—vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayəhî} ‘and it came to pass’, wayyāḇōʾ {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he went’, wayyisrôp {וַיִּשְׂרֹף | wayyisrôp} ‘and he burned’, wayyāmmōṯ {וַיָּמֹת | wayyāmmōṯ} ‘and he died’—to convey rapid narrative progression.
In context — 1 Kings 16:18
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the royal palace and burned it over himself with fire, and he died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖א (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 Kgs.16.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.18.W6.S1) and character.