Genesis 34:20:1Gen.34.20.W1PAT

וַיָּבֹ֥א

vayavo

came

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

Meaning by language

English
came
French
vinrent
Spanish
vinieron
Portuguese
vieram
German
kamen
Russian
пришли
Arabic-Simplified
وَجَاءَ
Hindi
आए
Chinese-Simplified
来了
Korean
왔다
Indonesian
datang
Bengali
এল
Tagalog
at dumating
Swahili
walikuja
Amharic
መጡ
Yoruba
Igbo
bịara
Twi
baa
Ewe
va

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֥א
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 kha-MOR

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO kha-MOR u-she-KHEM be-NO el-SHA-ar i-RAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO kha-MOR u-she-KHEM be-NO el-SHA-ar i-RAM va-ye-dab-be-RU el-an-SHEI i-RAM le-MOR

In contextGenesis 34:20

came Hamor and Shechem his son to the gate of their city spoke to the men of their city saying

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:20, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֥א (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.34.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.20.W1.S1) and character.