Numbers 22:14:4Num.22.14.W4TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoːʔu/
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
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu sa-REI mo-AV va-ya-VO-u el-ba-LAK
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu sa-REI mo-AV va-ya-VO-u el-ba-LAK va-yo-MRU me-EN bil-AM ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequential vav-consecutive narrative with imperfect verbs—vayakumu {וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ | wayyāqūmû} ‘and they arose’, vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | wayyāḇō’û} ‘and they came’, vayomru {וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | wayyō’merû} ‘and they said’—to convey rapid action.
In context — Numbers 22:14
So the princes of Moab arose and came to Balak, and they said, “Balaam has refused to go with us.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:14, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (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.22.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.14.W4.S1) and character.