1 Samuel 15:13:11 Sam.15.13.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֥א
vayavo
“came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaː.ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO she-mu-EL
- clause
va-ya-VO she-mu-EL el-sha-UL
- sentence
va-ya-VO she-mu-EL el-sha-UL va-YO-mer LO sha-UL ba-RUKH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH ha-ki-MO-ti et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֥א | wayyābōʾ} ‘and he came,’ marking Samuel’s approach.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you to the LORD ; I have fulfilled the word of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:13, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥א (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.15.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.13.W1.S1) and character.