1 Samuel 20:37:11 Sam.20.37.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֤א
vayabo
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO
- Extended
- vah-yaa-BOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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-BO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar
- clause
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar ad-me-KOM ha-KHE-tsi a-SHER ya-RA ye-ho-NA-tan
- sentence
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar ad-me-KOM ha-KHE-tsi a-SHER ya-RA ye-ho-NA-tan va-yik-RA ye-ho-NA-tan a-kha-RE ha-NA-ar va-yo-MER ha-lo-O ha-KHE-tsi mim-me-KHA va-ha-le-A
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in wayyāḇōʾ {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came,’ linking this scene to earlier events.
Root and etymology
ב–א–ה
“to come”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:37
And the boy came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, and Jonathan called to the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:37, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֤א (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.20.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.37.W1.S1) and character.