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