1 Samuel 16:21:11 Sam.16.21.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֤א
vava
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-VA
- Extended
- vah-VAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he came
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-VA
- phraseyour reading level
va-VA da-VID
- clause
va-VA da-VID el-sha-UL va-ya-a-MOD le-fa-NAI-v
- sentence
va-VA da-VID el-sha-UL va-ya-a-MOD le-fa-NAI-v va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu me-OD va-ye-HI-lo no-SE khe-LIM
Exegesis
The sequential vav-consecutive chain (vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | way·yā·ḇō} ‘and he came’; vaya‘amod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | way·ya·‘ă·mō·ḏ} ‘and he stood’; vaye’ehavehu {וַיֶּאֱהָבֵהֽוּ | way·ye·ʾĕ·hā·ḇê·hû} ‘and he loved him’; vayehi-lo {וַיְהִי־לוֹ | way·hĕ·hî·lô} ‘and it became to him’) marks the progression of events.
Root and etymology
b-w-’bet–waw–aleph
“to come, enter”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul, and he stood before him; and Saul loved him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 16:21, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֤א (vava) 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.16.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.21.W1.S1) and character.