Genesis 46:1:4Gen.46.1.W4TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖א
vayavo
“he came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /waj.jaː.ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- clause
va-yis-SA yis-ra-EL ve-khol-a-sher-LO va-ya-VO be-ER-a SHA-va
- sentence
va-yis-SA yis-ra-EL ve-khol-a-sher-LO va-ya-VO be-ER-a SHA-va va-yiz-BAKH ze-va-KHIM le-lo-HEI a-VIV yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The next wayyiqtol vayyavo {וַיָּבֹ֖א | way-yā-ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ transitions to the location beerah shava {בְּאֵרָה שָּׁבַע | bə-ʾê-rā šā-ḇaʿ}, the ancestral well of Beersheba.
In context — Genesis 46:1
So Israel started out with everything that was his, and he came to Beersheba; there he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
About this coordinate
Genesis 46:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 46:1, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖א (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.46.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.1.W4.S1) and character.