Genesis 39:11:4Gen.39.11.W4TAB
וַיָּבֹ֥א
vayavo
“he entered”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he entered
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO ve-EIN ISH me-an-SHEI ha-BA-yit SHAM ba-BA-yit
Exegesis
The next wayyiqtol vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | way-yā-ḇōʾ} indicates movement ‘into the house,’ with habaytah {הַבַּיְתָה | hab-bay-tāh} specifying directional motion via the suffix he.
In context — Genesis 39:11
Now it happened on this day that he went into the house to do his work , and none of the men of the household was in the house.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 39:11, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥א (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.39.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.11.W4.S1) and character.