Judges 18:20:8Judg.18.20.W8TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖א
vayavo
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoː/
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- clause
va-ya-VO be-KE-rev ha-AM
- sentence
va-yi-TAV LEV ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KAKH et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-PA-sel va-ya-VO be-KE-rev ha-AM
Exegesis
The subject hak-kōhên {הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hak-kōhên} ‘priest’ then initiates a chain of actions marked by the vav-consecutives wayyiqqaḥ {וַיִּקַּח֙ | wayyiqqaḥ} ‘and he took’ and wayyāḇōʾ {וַיָּבֹ֖א | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came.’
In context — Judges 18:20
And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod , the teraphim, and the idol; then he entered the midst of the people.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 18:20, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖א (vayavo) 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.18.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.20.W8.S1) and character.