Judges 18:8:1Judg.18.8.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː.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 el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL va-yo-me-RU la-HEM a-khe-HEM MA a-TEM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive prefix on wayyā-bō-ʾū {וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | wayyā-bō-ʾū} ‘and they came’, signaling sequential action.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾbet–vav–aleph
“to come”
In context — Judges 18:8
And they came to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, “What do you bring?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:8, 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.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.8.W1.S1) and character.