2 Samuel 19:5:12 Sam.19.5.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:6
וַיָּבֹ֥א
vava
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-VA
- Extended
- vah-VAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-VA yo-AV
- clause
va-VA yo-AV el-ha-ME-lekh ha-BA-yit va-yo-MER ho-VASH-ta ha-YOM et-pe-NE kol-a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
va-VA yo-AV el-ha-ME-lekh ha-BA-yit va-yo-MER ho-VASH-ta ha-YOM et-pe-NE kol-a-va-DE-kha ham-me-mal-TIM et-naf-SHE-kha ha-YOM ve-ET NE-fesh ba-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-NE-fesh na-SHE-kha ve-NE-fesh pi-lag-SHE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive prefixed verb vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, establishing sequential narrative flow.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:5
And Joab came to the king’s house and said, “Today you have shamed all your servants who delivered your life and the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥א (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 Sam.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.5.W1.S1) and character.