Exodus 15:27:1Exod.15.27.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ
vayavou
“{And} they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /waj.jaˈvoː.ʔuː/
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-VO-u
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM va-ya-kha-noo-SHAM al-ha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ | wayyā-ḇōʾū} ‘and they came’, signaling sequential action.
In context — Exodus 15:27
And they came to Elim, and there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees , and they camped there by the waters.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 15:27, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (vayavou) 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.15.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.27.W1.S1) and character.