Exodus 2:18:1Exod.2.18.W1PAT
וַתָּבֹ֕אנָה
vatavona
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-VO-na
- Extended
- vah-tah-VOH-nah
- IPA
- /vat.taː.ˈvoː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they came
- French
- et elles vinrent
- Spanish
- y ellas vinieron
- Portuguese
- e elas vieram
- German
- und sie kamen
- Russian
- и они пришли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَجِئْنَ
- Hindi
- और वे आईं
- Chinese-Simplified
- 她们就来了
- Korean
- 그리고 그들이 왔다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka datang
- Bengali
- আর তারা এলো
- Tagalog
- at sila ay dumating
- Swahili
- na wakaja
- Amharic
- እነርሱም መጡ
- Yoruba
- àwọn sì wá
- Igbo
- ha wee bia
- Twi
- na wɔbaa
- Ewe
- eye va
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + תָּ + בֹ֕א + נָה
↓
va + ta + vo + na
↓
vatavona
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-VO-na
- clause
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN
- sentence
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
In context — Exodus 2:18
and they came to Reuel their father and he said why you hurried to come today
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:18, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֹ֕אנָה (vatavona) 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.2.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.18.W1.S1) and character.