Exodus 18:7:10Exod.18.7.W10TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-U
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː.uː/
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
- clause
va-ya-VO-U ha-o-he-LAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE mo-SHEH lik-RAT khot-NO va-yish-ta-KHU va-yish-sak-LO va-yish-a-LU eesh-leh-reh-EH-hoo leh-sha-LOM va-ya-VO-U ha-o-he-LAH
Exegesis
The final wayyavo’u ha’ohelah {וַיָּבֹאוּ הָאֹהֱלָה | way-yā-ḇō-ʾû hā-ʾō-he-lāh} uses the directional he to indicate entry, shifting the scene into an intimate interior space.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾbet–vav–aleph
“to come”
In context — Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law , and he bowed down and kissed him, and they asked each other about their well-being , and they came into the tent.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (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.18.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.7.W10.S1) and character.