Numbers 25:8:1Num.25.8.W1TAB

וַיָּבֹא

vayavo

and he went in

Transliteration
va-ya-VO
Extended
vah-ya-VOH
IPA
/vaj.jaˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
and he went in

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Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹא
va + ya + vo
vayavo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-VO

  2. sentence

    va-ya-VO a-KHAR ISH-YIS-ra-EL el-ha-KU-ba va-ye-DE-kor et-shne-HEM ET ISH YIS-ra-EL ve-ET-ha-i-SHAH el-ko-va-TAH va-yi-a-TZAR ha-ma-ge-FAH ME-al be-NEI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb wayyabo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyābōʾ} ‘and he came’, signaling continuation.

In contextNumbers 25:8

He entered after the Israelite man into the chamber, and he pierced both of them—the man and the woman—into her belly . Then the plague ceased among the Israelites.

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:8, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹא (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.25.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.8.W1.S1) and character.