Numbers 32:2:1Num.32.2.W1TAB
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ
vayavou
“and came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /vajaːˈvoː.u/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u be-NEI-GAD
- clause
va-ya-VO-u be-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u be-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN va-yo-MRU el-MO-she ve-EL-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-EL-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA le-MOR
Exegesis
In this narrative the vav consecutive on vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyābôʾû} initiates the report and advances the storyline.
In context — Numbers 32:2
The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the assembly , saying:
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 32:2, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (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.32.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.2.W1.S1) and character.