1 Kings 20:43:61 Kgs.20.43.W6TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖א
vayabo
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO
- Extended
- vah-yah-BOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jɔːˈvoːʔ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-BO
- clause
va-ya-BO sho-me-RO-na
- sentence
va-YE-lekh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF va-ya-BO sho-me-RO-na
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative relies on a vav-consecutive chain, beginning with vayelekh {וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ and concluding with wayyāḇō {וַיָּבֹ֖א | wayyāḇō} ‘and he came’, which maintains narrative momentum.
In context — 1 Kings 20:43
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry , and he came to Samaria.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:43:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 20:43, 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.20.43.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.43.W6.S1) and character.