Judges 13:9:5Judg.13.9.W5TAB
וַיָּבֹ֣א
vayabo
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-BO
- Extended
- vah-yah-BOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he came
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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-BO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-BO mal-e-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM OD
- clause
va-ya-BO mal-e-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM OD el-ha-ish-SHA ve-hi yo-SHE-vet ba-sa-DE u-ma-NO-akh i-SHA EN im-MA
- sentence
va-yish-MA ha-e-lo-HIM be-KOL ma-NO-akh va-ya-BO mal-e-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM OD el-ha-ish-SHA ve-hi yo-SHE-vet ba-sa-DE u-ma-NO-akh i-SHA EN im-MA
Exegesis
In the coordinated clause wayyavo malakh ha’elohim od el-ha’ishah {וַיָּבֹא מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים ע֜וֹד אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה} ‘and the angel of God came again to the woman’, the adverb ’od {ע֜וֹד | ʿōd} marks a repeated theophany.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–aleph
“to come”
In context — Judges 13:9
And God listened to the voice of Manoach, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was sitting in the field; yet Manoach, her husband, was not with her.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 13:9, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֣א (vayabo) 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 Judg.13.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.9.W5.S1) and character.