Exodus 16:1:3Exod.16.1.W3TAB
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ
vayavooo
“{And They} came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-oo
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈvoː.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-oo
- clause
va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI
- sentence
va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-she-NI le-tse-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive wayyiqtol forms vayis’u {וַיִּסְעוּ | way-yîṣ‘û} ‘and they set out’ and vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | way-yā-bō-’û} ‘and they came’, establishing a sequential travel narrative. The construct chain kol-adat benei-yisrael employs particle kol and stacked modifiers to highlight corporate identity.
In context — Exodus 16:1
They traveled on from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel arrived at the wilderness of Sin, which lies between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 16:1, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (vayavooo) 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.16.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.1.W3.S1) and character.