Numbers 13:26:2Num.13.26.W2TAB
וַיָּבֹאוּ֩
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː.uː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-VO-u el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON ve-el-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL el-mid-BAR pa-RAHN ka-de-SHAH
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-VO-u el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON ve-el-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL el-mid-BAR pa-RAHN ka-de-SHAH va-ya-shi-VOO o-TAM da-VAR ve-ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH va-yar-UHM et-PRI ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive sequence vayel’khu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | va-yêleḵû} ‘and they went’ followed by vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | va-yāḇōʼû} ‘and they came,’ signaling the scouts’ return.
In context — Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the assembly of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:26, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ (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 Num.13.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.26.W2.S1) and character.