Genesis 11:31:21Gen.11.31.W21PAT

וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ

vayavou

they came

Transliteration
va-ya-VO-u
Extended
vah-yah-VOH-oo
IPA
/vaj.ja.ˈvoː.ʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
they came
French
ils arrivèrent
Spanish
llegaron
Portuguese
chegaram
German
kamen
Russian
они пришли
Arabic-Simplified
جاءوا
Hindi
वे पहुँचे
Chinese-Simplified
他们来到
Korean
그들은 왔다
Indonesian
mereka tiba
Bengali
তারা পৌঁছাল
Tagalog
dumating sila
Swahili
wakafika
Amharic
ደረሱ
Yoruba
wọn dé
Igbo
ha rutere
Twi
wɔduu
Ewe
wowɔ ɖo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֥א + 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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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-VO-u

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN

  3. clause

    va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH TE-rakh et-av-RAM be-NO ve-et-LOT ben-ha-RAN ben-be-NO ve-ET sa-RAI ka-la-TO E-shet av-RAM be-NO va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM

In contextGenesis 11:31

Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his grandson and Sarai his daughter-in-law wife of Abram his son they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go toward the land of Canaan they came as far as Haran they settled there

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:31:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Genesis 11:31, 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 Gen.11.31.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.31.W21.S1) and character.