Numbers 21:23:13Num.21.23.W13TAB

וַיָּבֹ֖א

vayavo

and he came

Transliteration
va-ya-VO
Extended
vah-yah-VOH
IPA
/vaj.jaˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
and he came

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Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֖א
va + ya + vo
vayavo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-VO

  2. clause

    ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH

  3. sentence

    ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH va-yil-LA-khem be-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

Finally, the sequence vayavo yahatzah vayyilachem beyisrael {וַיָּבֹא יָהְצָה וַיִּלָּחֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | wa-yā-bōʾ yā-ḥə-ṣāh wa-yil-lā-ḥem bə-yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel’ shifts the narrative from movement to conflict.

In contextNumbers 21:23

But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people and went out to meet them toward the wilderness . He arrived at Jahaz and fought against Israel.

About this coordinate

Numbers 21:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 21:23, 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.21.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.23.W13.S1) and character.