Exodus 14:17:6Exod.14.17.W6TAB
וְיָבֹ֖אוּ
veyavou
“{And they} will go in”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- veh-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /wə.jaˈvoː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And they} will go in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- clause
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem
- sentence
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-far-O u-ve-khol-khei-LO be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
The sequence continues with the vav-consecutive imperfect veyavoo {וְיָבֹאוּ | wə-yā-voʾu} ‘and they will come’ plus the prepositional phrase achareyhem {אַחֲרֵיהֶם | aḥareihem} ‘after them’, producing a clause of pursuit.
In context — Exodus 14:17
And I —behold, I am hardening the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will come after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and through all his army, through his chariots and through his horsemen.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 14:17, so the Hebrew word וְיָבֹ֖אוּ (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.14.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.17.W6.S1) and character.