Nehemiah 13:7:1Neh.13.7.W1TAB
וָאָב֖וֹא
vaavo
“and I came”
- Transliteration
- va-a-VO
- Extended
- vaa-ah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-VO
- clause
va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with vaʼāḇōʾ {וָאָב֖וֹא | wāʾāḇōʾ} ‘and I came,’ where the vav-consecutive marks sequential past action.
In context — Nehemiah 13:7
And I came to Jerusalem, and I learned of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah to make for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word וָאָב֖וֹא (vaavo) 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 Neh.13.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W1.S1) and character.