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
- wá
- Igbo
- bịara
- Twi
- baa
- Ewe
- va
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VO-u
- clause
va-ya-VO-u be-NEI yis-ra-EL li-she-BOR be-TOKH ha-ba-IM
- 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 context — Genesis 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.