Numbers 17:8:3Num.17.8.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:23
וַיָּבֹ֖א
vayavo
“then came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-ya-VO mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-ya-VO mo-SHEH el-O-HEL ha-e-DUT ve-hi-NEH pa-RACH ma-TEH-A-ha-RON le-VEIT LE-vi va-ya-TSETS pe-RACH va-ya-GED TSITS va-yo-GE-mel she-ke-DIM
Exegesis
In the clause vayyavo Mosheh {וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה | vayyāʾō mōšeh} “and he came, Moses,” the verb-subject order reflects typical Hebrew narrative style.
In context — Numbers 17:8
And it was on the next day that Moses came to the tent of the testimony , and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted; it brought forth buds, produced blossoms , and yielded almonds.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 17:8, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖א (vayavo) 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.17.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.8.W3.S1) and character.