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

Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֗א + וּ
va + ya + vo + u
vayavou

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-VO-u

  2. clause

    va-ya-VO-u sho-TREI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yits-a-KU el-par-O lei-MOR

  3. 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 contextExodus 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.