Numbers 22:16:1Num.22.16.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoː.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
- clause
va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with the vav-consecutive prefixed verb vayavo'u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vāyāwōʾû} ‘and they came’, which signals continuation of prior action.
In context — Numbers 22:16
They came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not withhold yourself from coming to me .’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:16, 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.22.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.16.W1.S1) and character.