Judges 14:5:6Judg.14.5.W6TAB
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoː.ʔuː/
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 ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO
- sentence
va-YE-red shim-shon ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO tim-na-TA va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO
Exegesis
The motion is marked by vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wa·yā·ḇō·’ū} ‘and they came’ and the construct phrase ad-karmei Timnah {עַד־כַּרְמֵי תִמְנָתָה | ’ad-kăr·mē tim·nā·ṯāh} ‘to the vineyards of Timnah’, specifying the destination.
In context — Judges 14:5
And Samson went down with his father and his mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion was roaring as it came toward him.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 14:5, 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 Judg.14.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.5.W6.S1) and character.