Exodus 2:18:1Exod.2.18.W1TAB
וַתָּבֹ֕אנָה
vatavona
“{And} they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-VO-na
- Extended
- vah-tah-VOH-nah
- IPA
- /vat.ta.ˈvoː.ʔnaː/
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-VO-na
- clause
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN
- sentence
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vattabona {וַתָּבֹאנָה | vaṯ-ṭā-bō-nā} ‘and they came,’ establishing sequential action.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾbet–vav–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — Exodus 2:18
And they came to Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you hurried to come today?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:18, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֹ֕אנָה (vatavona) 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.2.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.18.W1.S1) and character.