Genesis 20:3:1Gen.20.3.W1PAT

וַיָּבֹ֧א

vayavo

came

Transliteration
va-ya-VO
Extended
vah-yah-VOH
IPA
/waj.ja.ˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
came
French
vint
Spanish
vino
Portuguese
veio
German
kam
Russian
пришёл
Arabic-Simplified
وَجَاءَ
Hindi
आया
Chinese-Simplified
来到
Korean
왔다
Indonesian
datang
Bengali
এল
Tagalog
at dumating
Swahili
alikuja
Amharic
መጣ
Yoruba
Igbo
bịara
Twi
baa
Ewe
va

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Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֧א
va + ya + vo
vayavo

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-VO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-a-vi-ME-lekh ba-kha-LOM hal-LAI-la

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-a-vi-ME-lekh ba-kha-LOM hal-LAI-la va-yo-MER LO hi-ne-KHA MET al-ha-i-SHA a-sher-la-KAKH-ta ve-HI be-U-lat BA-al

In contextGenesis 20:3

God came to Abimelech in the dream at night he said to him behold, you are dead because of the woman whom you took and she has a husband

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֧א (vayavo) 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.20.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.3.W1.S1) and character.