2 Chronicles 29:15:42 Chr.29.15.W4TAB
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ
vayavou
“and they went in”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoːʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went in
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-VO-u
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u khe-mits-VAT-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-AS-fe-u et-a-khe-HEM va-yit-kad-DE-shu va-ya-VO-u khe-mits-VAT-ha-ME-lekh be-div-RE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS-fe-u et-a-khe-HEM va-yit-kad-DE-shu va-ya-VO-u khe-mits-VAT-ha-ME-lekh be-div-RE ye-ho-VAH le-ta-HER BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs: wayya’as˒û {וַיַּֽאַסְפ֤וּ | wayya’as˒û} ‘and they gathered’, wayyiṯqaddešû {וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ | wayyiṯqaddešû} ‘and they consecrated themselves’, and wayyāḇōʾû {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇōʾû} ‘and they came’, establishing progressive ritual action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 29:15
And they gathered their brothers and consecrated themselves, and they came according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD to purify the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 29:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 29:15, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (vayavou) 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.29.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.15.W4.S1) and character.