1 Samuel 14:20:61 Sam.14.20.W6TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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-VO-u
- clause
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA KHE-rev ISH be-re-E-hu me-hu-MA ge-do-LA me-OD
Exegesis
Vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vay-ya-vo-u} continues the sequence leading ‘ad ha-milchamah’ {עַד־הַמִּלְחָמָה | ʿad ha-mil-cha-mah} ‘to the battle’.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:20
And Saul and all the people who were with him cried out, and they came up to the battle. And behold, the sword of each man was turned against his companion , and there was very great confusion .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (vayavou) 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 Sam.14.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.20.W6.S1) and character.