1 Kings 21:5:11 Kgs.21.5.W1TAB
וַתָּבֹ֥א
vatavo
“and she came”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-VO
- Extended
- vah-tah-VOH
- IPA
- /vat.taːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-ta-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-VO e-LA-v
- clause
va-ta-VO e-LA-v i-ze-VEL ish-TO
- sentence
va-ta-VO e-LA-v i-ze-VEL ish-TO va-te-dab-BER e-LA-v MA-ze ru-KHA-kha sa-RA ve-E-ne-kha o-KHEL LA-khem
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive forms vatavo {וַתָּבֹא | waṯ-tā-ḇō} and vatedabber {וַתְּדַבֵּר | waṯ-tə-ḏab-bēr} to signal sequential action.
In context — 1 Kings 21:5
Then Jezebel, his wife, came to him and spoke to him, “What is this? Why has your spirit turned aside, and you are not eating bread ?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 21:5, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֹ֥א (vatavo) 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.21.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.5.W1.S1) and character.