2 Kings 18:37:12 Kgs.18.37.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֣א
vayavo
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO e-le-ya-KIM BEN-khil-ki-YA a-SHER-al-ha-BA-yit
- clause
va-ya-VO e-le-ya-KIM BEN-khil-ki-YA a-SHER-al-ha-BA-yit ve-SHEV-na ha-so-FER ve-yo-AKH BEN-a-SAF ha-maz-KIR el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-le-ya-KIM BEN-khil-ki-YA a-SHER-al-ha-BA-yit ve-SHEV-na ha-so-FER ve-yo-AKH BEN-a-SAF ha-maz-KIR el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM va-ya-GI-du LO div-RE rav-sha-KE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the sequential narrative marker vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyābō} ‘and he came,’ signaling the arrival of royal envoys.
In context — 2 Kings 18:37
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with torn garments and reported to him the words of Rabshakeh .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:37, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֣א (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 2 Kgs.18.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.37.W1.S1) and character.