Judges 18:7:4Judg.18.7.W4TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoːʔuː/
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO-u
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-VO-u LAI-sha
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-VO-u LAI-sha va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh ke-mish-PAT tsi-do-NIM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh ve-EN-ma-khe-LIM da-VAR ba-A-rets yo-RESH E-tser u-re-kho-KIM HE-ma mi-tsi-do-NIM ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-a-DAM
Exegesis
The narrative employs vav-consecutive verbs (vayyelekhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wayyēleḵû} ‘and they went’, vayyābōʾû {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyābōʾû} ‘and they came’) to mark sequential action.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾbet–vav–aleph
“to come”
In context — Judges 18:7
The five men departed and came to Laish. They saw the people living securely there, as in Sidon’s custom —quiet and unsuspecting; they lacked nothing that was in the land and possessed wealth. They were distant from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (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.18.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.7.W4.S1) and character.