Genesis 14:7:2Gen.14.7.W2TAB
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ
vayavou
“{And} they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /waj.jaː.ˈvoː.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-shu-VU va-ya-VO-u el-EIN mish-PAT HI ka-DESH va-yak-KU et-kol-se-DE ha-a-ma-le-KI
- sentence
va-ya-shu-VU va-ya-VO-u el-EIN mish-PAT HI ka-DESH va-yak-KU et-kol-se-DE ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-GAM et-ha-e-mo-RI ha-yo-SHEV be-khats-TSON ta-MAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with a typical narrative chain of wayyiqtol verbs: vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | wayyāšubû} ‘and they returned’ followed by vayavo'u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyābōʾû} ‘and they came,’ marking sequential movement in the ongoing campaign narrative.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾ
“to come, to enter”
In context — Genesis 14:7
And they returned and came to the spring of judgment, that is Kadesh, and they struck all the territory of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who was dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 14:7, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (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 Gen.14.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.7.W2.S1) and character.