1 Samuel 14:26:11 Sam.14.26.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֤א
vayavo
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH
- sentence
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH ve-EN-ma-si-SIG ya-DO el-pi-V ki-ya-RE ha-AM et-ha-she-vu-A
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav consecutive verb vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֤א | way-yā-bō} ‘and he came’, marking a past event, with the definite subject ha‘am {הָעָם֙ | hā-‘am} ‘the people’ entering the locative clause el-haya‘ar {אֶל־הַיַּ֔עַר | ʾel-ha-ya-‘ar} ‘into the forest’.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:26
And the people came into the forest, and behold, honey was flowing; but no one reached his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֤א (vayavo) 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.14.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.26.W1.S1) and character.