Genesis 47:18:4Gen.47.18.W4PAT

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ

vayavou

they came

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

Meaning by language

English
they came
French
ils vinrent
Spanish
vinieron
Portuguese
vieram
German
sie kamen
Russian
пришли
Arabic-Simplified
وجاءوا
Hindi
वे आए
Chinese-Simplified
他们来了
Korean
그들이 왔다
Indonesian
mereka datang
Bengali
তারা এল
Tagalog
at dumating sila
Swahili
wakaja
Amharic
መጡ
Yoruba
wọ́n wá
Igbo
ha bịara
Twi
wɔbaa
Ewe
wova

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Result
וַ + יָּ + בֹ֨א + 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. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-VO-u e-LAV

  3. clause

    va-tit-TOM ha-sha-NA ha-HI va-ya-VO-u e-LAV ba-sha-NA ha-she-NIT va-yom-RU LO lo-ne-kha-KHED me-a-do-NI KI im-TAM ha-KE-sef u-mik-NE ha-be-he-MA el-a-do-NI

  4. sentence

    va-tit-TOM ha-sha-NA ha-HI va-ya-VO-u e-LAV ba-sha-NA ha-she-NIT va-yom-RU LO lo-ne-kha-KHED me-a-do-NI KI im-TAM ha-KE-sef u-mik-NE ha-be-he-MA el-a-do-NI LO nish-AR lif-NE a-do-NI bil-TI im-ge-vi-ya-TE-nu ve-ad-ma-TE-nu

In contextGenesis 47:18

{It} ended the year that they came to him in the year the second they said to him we will not hide from my lord that is spent the money and the livestock of the cattle are my lord's nothing remains before my lord except our bodies and our land

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 47:18, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (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.47.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.18.W4.S1) and character.