1 Samuel 19:16:11 Sam.19.16.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
vayabou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-BOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː.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-BO-u
- clause
va-ya-BO-u ha-mal-a-KHIM ve-hi-NE ha-te-ra-FIM el-ha-mi-TA
- sentence
va-ya-BO-u ha-mal-a-KHIM ve-hi-NE ha-te-ra-FIM el-ha-mi-TA u-khe-VIR ha-i-ZIM me-ra-a-sho-TAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇō’ū} signaling sequential narrative action by ha-malaḵim {הַמַּלְאָכִים | hammālāḵīm}.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:16
And the messengers entered, and behold, the teraphim were on the bed, with a goats’ hair pillow at its head.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 19:16, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (vayabou) 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.19.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.16.W1.S1) and character.