Numbers 22:39:4Num.22.39.W4TAB
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-ya-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː.u/
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 kir-YAT khu-TSOT
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-BA-lak va-ya-VO-u kir-YAT khu-TSOT
Exegesis
The verb sequence shifts at vayavou {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | way-yā-ḇō-ʾū} ‘and they came’, forming a compound subject that emphasizes joint action.
In context — Numbers 22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:39, 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.22.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.39.W4.S1) and character.