2 Chronicles 30:11:62 Chr.30.11.W6TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoːʔuː/
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-VO-u
- clause
nikh-ne-U va-ya-VO-u li-ru-sho-LIM
- sentence
akh-a-na-SHIM me-a-SHER u-me-na-SHE u-miz-ze-vu-LUN nikh-ne-U va-ya-VO-u li-ru-sho-LIM
Exegesis
The narrative then advances with the vav-consecutive vayavou {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | wayyāḇōʾû}, moving from inner disposition to concrete action, and liyerushalayim {לִירוּשֳׁלָֽ͏ִם | lîrûšŏlāyim} closes the clause by focusing the movement toward the central worship location.
Root and etymology
consonantsBet–Vav–Aleph
“to come, enter”
In context — 2 Chronicles 30:11
However, men from Asher, from Manasseh, and from Zebulun humbled themselves , and they went to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 30:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 30:11, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (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.30.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.11.W6.S1) and character.