Genesis 42:6:9Gen.42.6.W9PAT

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙

vayavou

came

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

Meaning by language

English
came
French
vinrent
Spanish
vinieron
Portuguese
vieram
German
kamen
Russian
пришли
Arabic-Simplified
وَجَاءُوا
Hindi
आए
Chinese-Simplified
来了
Korean
왔다
Indonesian
datang
Bengali
এলো
Tagalog
at dumating
Swahili
walikuja
Amharic
መጡ
Yoruba
Igbo
bịara
Twi
bae
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 a-KHE yo-SEF va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO a-PA-yim ar-TSA

  3. sentence

    ve-yo-SEF HU ha-sha-LIT al-ha-A-rets HU ha-mash-BIR le-khol-AM ha-A-rets va-ya-VO-u a-KHE yo-SEF va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO a-PA-yim ar-TSA

In contextGenesis 42:6

and Joseph he the governor over the land he the one selling grain to all the people of the land came brothers of Joseph bowed themselves to him with faces to the ground

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 42:6, 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.42.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.6.W9.S1) and character.