Exodus 2:17:1Exod.2.17.W1PAT
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈvoː.uː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they came
- French
- et ils vinrent
- Spanish
- y vinieron
- Portuguese
- e vieram
- German
- und sie kamen
- Russian
- и они пришли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وجاءوا
- Hindi
- और वे आए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们就来了
- Korean
- 그리고 그들이 왔다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka datang
- Bengali
- আর তারা এলো
- Tagalog
- at sila ay dumating
- Swahili
- na wakaja
- Amharic
- እነርሱም መጡ
- Yoruba
- wọn sì wá
- Igbo
- ha wee bịa
- Twi
- na wɔbaa
- Ewe
- eye wòva
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 ha-ro-IM
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ha-ro-IM va-ye-gar-SHUM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ha-ro-IM va-ye-gar-SHUM va-ya-KAM mo-SHE va-yo-shi-AN va-yash-KE et-tso-NAM
In context — Exodus 2:17
and they came the shepherds and drove them away and stood up Moses and saved them and watered their flock
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:17, 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 Exod.2.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.17.W1.S1) and character.