Exodus 14:16:8Exod.14.16.W8TAB

וְיָבֹ֧אוּ

veyavou

“may enter”

Transliteration: ve-ya-VO-u
Extended: veh-yah-VOH-oo
IPA: /və.ja.ˈvoː.ʔuː/

Meaning by language

English: may enter

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + יָ + בֹ֧א + וּ

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ve + ya + vo + u

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veyavou

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	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
ve-ya-VO-u
phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-VO-u ve-nei-yis-ra-EL
clause
ve-ya-VO-u ve-nei-yis-ra-EL be-TOKH ha-YAM ba-yab-ba-SHAH
sentence
ve-at-TAH ha-REM et-mat-te-KHA u-ne-TEH et-yad-KHA al-ha-YAM u-ve-ka-EH-hu ve-ya-VO-u ve-nei-yis-ra-EL be-TOKH ha-YAM ba-yab-ba-SHAH

Exegesis

Waw consecutive in wə-yā-bō-ʼu {וְיָבֹאוּ | wə-yā-bō-ʼu} introduces the result: sons of Israel traversing bə-ṯōḵ {בְּתוֹךְ | bə-ṯōḵ} ‘in the midst of’ ha-yām on ba-yab-bā-šāh {בַּיַּבָּשָׁה | ba-yab-bā-šāh} ‘on the dry ground’. The sequence of causative imperatives followed by a result clause underscores the direct causality and deliverance effected through Moses’ obedience.

In context — Exodus 14:16

And you, raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it , and the sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on the dry ground .

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 14:16, so the Hebrew word וְיָבֹ֧אוּ (veyavou) 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 Exod.14.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.16.W8.S1) and character.

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