Genesis 12:5:17Gen.12.5.W17PAT
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ
vayavou
“they came”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VO-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /waj.jaˈvoː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they came
- French
- ils arrivèrent
- Spanish
- llegaron
- Portuguese
- chegaram
- German
- sie kamen
- Russian
- они пришли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَجَاءُوا
- Hindi
- वे पहुँचे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们来到
- Korean
- 그들은 도착했다
- Indonesian
- mereka sampai
- Bengali
- তারা পৌঁছাল
- Tagalog
- at dumating sila
- Swahili
- walifika
- Amharic
- መጡ
- Yoruba
- wọn dé
- Igbo
- ha bịarutere
- Twi
- wɔbaa
- Ewe
- wova
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
- clause
va-ye-tse-U la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO ve-ET-LOT ben-a-KHIV ve-ET-kol-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER ra-KHA-shu ve-ET-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-a-SU be-kha-RAN va-ye-tse-U la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an
In context — Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot son of his brother and all their possessions that they had acquired and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran they set out to go to the land of Canaan they came to the land of Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 12:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (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.12.5.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.5.W17.S1) and character.