2 Kings 19:5:12 Kgs.19.5.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː.ʔuː/
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-VO-u
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u a-veh-DE ham-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-a-YA-hu
Exegesis
The clause opens with vayavo'u {וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ | wayyāḇōʾû} ‘and they came’, a vav-consecutive verbal form that advances the narrative sequence and foregrounds the action.
In context — 2 Kings 19:5
So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (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 Kgs.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.5.W1.S1) and character.