Exodus 5:15:1Exod.5.15.W1PAT
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ
vayavou
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /waj.jaː.ˈvoː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they came
- French
- et ils vinrent
- Spanish
- y vinieron
- Portuguese
- e vieram
- German
- und sie kamen
- Russian
- и пришли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَجَاءُوا
- 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 dumating sila
- Swahili
- 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO-u
- clause
va-ya-VO-u sho-TREI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yits-a-KU el-par-O lei-MOR
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u sho-TREI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yits-a-KU el-par-O lei-MOR LAM-ma ta-a-SE KHO la-a-va-DE-kha
In context — Exodus 5:15
and they came the foremen of the sons of Israel and they cried out to Pharaoh saying why do you do thus to your servants
About this coordinate
Exodus 5:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 5:15, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (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.5.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.15.W1.S1) and character.