2 Chronicles 24:23:82 Chr.24.23.W8TAB
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ
vayabou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-BOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoːʔuː/
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-BO-u
- clause
va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM ve-khol-she-la-LAM shil-LE-KHU le-ME-lekh dar-ma-SEK
Exegesis
In the coordinate sequence vayavo’u el yehudah virushalayim {וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם | wayyāḇō’û ’el Yəhūdāh wîrûšālāyim} ‘and they came to Judah and Jerusalem’, Hebrew VSO order lists the geographic objects.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:23
And it happened at the turn of the year that the army of Aram went up against him, came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 24:23, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (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 2 Chr.24.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.23.W8.S1) and character.