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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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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO
- 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 context — Numbers 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.