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

Result
וְ + יָ + בֹ֖א + וּ
ve + ya + vo + u
veyavou

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ya-VO-u

  2. clause

    va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem

  3. 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 contextExodus 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.