Numbers 23:17:1Num.23.17.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֣א
vayavo
“and he came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO
- Extended
- vah-ya-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO e-LAV
- clause
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO va-yo-MER LO ba-LAK mah-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with the vav-consecutive in vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | way-yib-bōʾ} ‘and he came’, which signals the next action.
In context — Numbers 23:17
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the officials of Moab were with him. Then Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:17, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֣א (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.23.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.17.W1.S1) and character.