1 Samuel 15:5:11 Sam.15.5.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֥א
vayabo
“came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO
- Extended
- vah-yaa-BOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- came
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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-BO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-BO shaa-UL
- clause
va-ya-BO shaa-UL ad-EER a-ma-LEK
- sentence
va-ya-BO shaa-UL ad-EER a-ma-LEK va-ya-REV ba-NAA-khal
Exegesis
The narrative employs vav-consecutive verbs to mark sequential action: vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | va-ya-vô} ‘and he came’ opens the advance, and vayarev {וַיָּרֶב | va-ya-rêv} ‘and he lay in wait’ continues the tactical move.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:5
Saul came up to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥א (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 Sam.15.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.5.W1.S1) and character.