Genesis 42:5:1Gen.42.5.W1PAT

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙

vayavou

came

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

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֙א + וּ֙
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-ya-VO-u be-NEI yis-ra-EL li-she-BOR be-TOKH ha-ba-IM

  3. sentence

    va-ya-VO-u be-NEI yis-ra-EL li-she-BOR be-TOKH ha-ba-IM ki-ha-YA ha-ra-AV be-E-rets ke-na-AN

In contextGenesis 42:5

came sons of Israel to buy grain among those coming for there was the famine in the land of Canaan

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (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.42.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.5.W1.S1) and character.