Genesis 19:3:5Gen.19.3.W5PAT

וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ

vayavou

they came

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

Meaning by language

English
they came
French
ils vinrent
Spanish
vinieron
Portuguese
vieram
German
sie kamen
Russian
они пришли
Arabic-Simplified
وَجَاءُوا
Hindi
वे आए
Chinese-Simplified
他们来到
Korean
그들이 왔다
Indonesian
mereka datang
Bengali
তারা এল
Tagalog
at dumating sila
Swahili
walikuja
Amharic
መጡ
Yoruba
wọ́n wá
Igbo
ha bịara
Twi
wɔbaa
Ewe
wova

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Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֖א + 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. clause

    va-yif-TSAR-BAM me-OD va-ya-SU-ru e-LAV va-ya-VO-u EL-bei-TO

  3. sentence

    va-yif-TSAR-BAM me-OD va-ya-SU-ru e-LAV va-ya-VO-u EL-bei-TO va-ya-AS la-HEM mish-TE u-ma-TSOT a-FA va-yo-khe-LU

In contextGenesis 19:3

he urged them greatly they turned aside to him they came into his house he prepared a feast for them he baked and unleavened bread they ate

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:3, 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.19.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.3.W5.S1) and character.