Joshua 22:10:1Josh.22.10.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoː.u/
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-VO-u el-ge-li-LOT ha-yar-DEN a-SHER be-E-retz ke-na-AN
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-ge-li-LOT ha-yar-DEN a-SHER be-E-retz ke-na-AN va-yiv-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH SHAM miz-BE-akh al-ha-yar-DEN miz-BE-akh ga-DOL le-mar-EH
Exegesis
The narrative uses two sequential vav-consecutive verbs—vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | wayyābô’û} “and they came” followed by vayivnu {וַיִּבְנ֣וּ | wayyibənû} “and they built”—to mark chronological progression.
In context — Joshua 22:10
Upon arriving at the Jordan borderlands in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar by the Jordan—large and set conspicuously.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 22:10, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (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 Josh.22.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.10.W1.S1) and character.