2 Samuel 15:37:12 Sam.15.37.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֥א
vayavo
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 khu-SHAI
- clause
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI re-E da-VID ha-IR
- sentence
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI re-E da-VID ha-IR ve-av-sha-LOM ya-VO ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The narrative uses the vav consecutive in vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֥א | wayyâ·ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ to link this scene to the preceding account.
Root and etymology
b–w–ʾ
“to come, enter”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:37
And Hushai, David’s companion , came to the city, and Absalom also entered Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:37, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥א (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 Sam.15.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.37.W1.S1) and character.