Genesis 46:6:8Gen.46.6.W8PAT

וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ

vayavou

came

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

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֖א + וּ
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-yik-KHU et-mik-NEI-hem ve-et-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER rakh-SHU be-E-rets ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u mits-RAI-ma

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KHU et-mik-NEI-hem ve-et-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER rakh-SHU be-E-rets ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u mits-RAI-ma ya-a-KOV ve-khol-zar-O it-TO

In contextGenesis 46:6

{And} took their livestock and their goods which had acquired in the land of Canaan came to Egypt Jacob and all his offspring with him

About this coordinate

Genesis 46:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 46:6, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (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.46.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.6.W8.S1) and character.