Jonah 2:7:6Jonah.2.7.W6TABWLC Jonah 2:8
וַתָּבֹ֤א
vatavo
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-VO
- Extended
- vah-taa-VOH
- IPA
- /vat.taˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-VO e-LE-kha
- clause
va-ta-VO e-LE-kha te-fi-la-TI el-he-KHAL KAD-she-kha
- sentence
be-hit-a-TEF a-LAI naf-SHI et-ye-ho-VAH za-KHAR-ti va-ta-VO e-LE-kha te-fi-la-TI el-he-KHAL KAD-she-kha
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in vatavo {וַתָּבֹא | va-tā-vō} ‘and it came’ indicates a sequential result, linking the remembrance to tefillati {תְּפִלָּתִי | tə-p̄i-lā-tî} ‘my prayer.’
In context — Jonah 2:7
When my soul was growing faint within me, I remembered the LORD , and my prayer came to You, to Your holy temple .
About this coordinate
Jonah 2:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jonah 2:7, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֹ֤א (vatavo) 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 Jonah.2.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.7.W6.S1) and character.