2 Kings 20:14:12 Kgs.20.14.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹא֙
vava
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-VA
- Extended
- vah-VAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and came
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-VA
- clause
va-VA ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu
- sentence
va-VA ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-LAV MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le u-me-EN ya-VO-u e-LE-kha va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu me-E-rets re-kho-KA BA-u mi-ba-VEL
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through vav-consecutive clauses, with wayyābōʾ {וַיָּבֹא֙ | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ followed by wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, establishing sequential action.
In context — 2 Kings 20:14
Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men discuss, and from which region did they arrive to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 20:14, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹא֙ (vava) 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.20.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.14.W1.S1) and character.