1 Samuel 20:1:61 Sam.20.1.W6TAB
וַיָּבֹ֗א
vayavo
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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
- clause
va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha
- sentence
va-yiv-RAKH da-VID me-no-VEH min-NA-yot ba-ra-MA va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha KI me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI
Root and etymology
ב–א–ה
“to come”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:1
And David again came to Jonathan and said to him, “What have I done? What have I sinned? And what is your offense that a man from your father’s house is seeking to kill me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֗א (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.20.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.1.W6.S1) and character.