2 Samuel 5:3:12 Sam.5.3.W1TAB
וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ
vayabou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-BOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoːʔuː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-BO-u
- clause
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yim-she-KHU et-da-VID le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The opening verb wayyabou {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇō’û} ‘and they came’ signals sequential action.
In context — 2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them there in Hebron before the LORD , and they anointed David as king over Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 5:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 5:3, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ (vayabou) 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.5.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.5.3.W1.S1) and character.