2 Samuel 17:6:12 Sam.17.6.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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI
- clause
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM e-LAV le-MOR ka-da-VAR ha-ZE di-BER a-khi-TO-fel ha-na-a-SE et-de-va-RO
- sentence
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM e-LAV le-MOR ka-da-VAR ha-ZE di-BER a-khi-TO-fel ha-na-a-SE et-de-va-RO im-A-yin a-TA da-BER
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive narrative marker vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyā-ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, introducing Hushai’s movement.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–waw–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:6
And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom said to him, “As Ahithophel has spoken this word , shall we act upon it? If not, you speak.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:6, 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 Sam.17.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.6.W1.S1) and character.