Joshua 22:10:7Josh.22.10.W7TAB
וַיִּבְנ֣וּ
vayivnu
“and built”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-NU
- Extended
- vah-yiv-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and built
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-NU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD
- clause
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
- 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 22:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 22:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְנ֣וּ (vayivnu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.10.W7.S1) and character.