Genesis 14:13:1Gen.14.13.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹא֙
vayavo
“{And He} came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /waj.jaː.ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- clause
va-ya-VO ha-pa-LIT va-yag-GED le-av-RAM ha-iv-RI
- sentence
va-ya-VO ha-pa-LIT va-yag-GED le-av-RAM ha-iv-RI ve-HU sho-KHEN be-e-lo-NEI ma-me-RE ha-e-mo-RI a-KHI e-she-KOL va-a-KHI a-NER ve-HEM ba-a-LEI ve-rit-av-RAM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the verbal sequence vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} 'and he came', a vav-consecutive form that advances the storyline and introduces a new scene.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾ
“to come, to enter”
In context — Genesis 14:13
Then the survivor came and reported to Abram the Hebrew. He was living among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshkol and the brother of Aner; and they were allies of Abram.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:13, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹא֙ (vayavo) 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 Gen.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.13.W1.S1) and character.