Numbers 22:7:8Num.22.7.W8TAB
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-ya-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈvoː.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 el-bil-AM va-ye-dab-RU ei-LAV div-REI va-LAK
- sentence
va-yeil-KHU zik-NEI mo-AV ve-zik-NEI mid-YAN u-ke-sa-MIM be-ya-DAM va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM va-ye-dab-RU ei-LAV div-REI va-LAK
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive action vayavo'u el-bilam {וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־בִּלְעָם | way-yā-bō-ʾû ʾel-bil-ʿām} ‘and they came to Balaam’ maintains narrative flow, and the Piel imperfect vayedabru elav divrei Balaq {וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלָיו דִּבְרֵי בָלָק | way-yeḏ-ber-rû ʾê-lā-yōw dib-rê bā-lāq} ‘and they spoke to him words of Balak’ indicates reported speech. The paratactic sequence, marked by repeated vav, creates momentum, while the construct chains and prepositional phrases delineate participants, means, direction, and content.
In context — Numbers 22:7
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went with divination fees in their hand. Then they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:7, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (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.22.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.7.W8.S1) and character.