Judges 20:34:1Judg.20.34.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹאוּ֩
vayovu
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-VU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈvoːʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they came
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-yo-VU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A
- clause
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA
- sentence
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA ve-HEM LO ya-de-U ki-no-GA-at a-le-HEM ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vay-yā-ḇō-’ū} ‘and they came’, marking continued narrative action.
In context — Judges 20:34
Ten thousand chosen men from all Israel came against Gibeah , and the battle was heavy . They did not know that disaster was reaching upon them.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:34, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ (vayovu) 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.20.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.34.W1.S1) and character.