Genesis 8:11:1Gen.8.11.W1PAT

וַתָּבֹ֨א

vatavo

came

Transliteration
va-ta-VO
Extended
vah-tah-VOH
IPA
/vat.ta.ˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
came
French
vint
Spanish
vino
Portuguese
veio
German
kam
Russian
пришла
Arabic-Simplified
وجاءت
Hindi
आई
Chinese-Simplified
来了
Korean
왔다
Indonesian
datang
Bengali
এল
Tagalog
dumating
Swahili
ilikuja
Amharic
መጣች
Yoruba
wa
Igbo
bịara
Twi
baa
Ewe
va

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תָּ + בֹ֨א
va + ta + vo
vatavo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ta-VO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ta-VO e-LAV ha-yo-NA

  3. clause

    va-ta-VO e-LAV ha-yo-NA le-ET E-rev ve-hin-NE a-le-ZA-yit ta-RAF be-FI-ha

  4. sentence

    va-ta-VO e-LAV ha-yo-NA le-ET E-rev ve-hin-NE a-le-ZA-yit ta-RAF be-FI-ha va-YE-da NO-akh kee-KAL-loo ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 8:11

the dove came to him at the time of evening and behold olive leaf freshly plucked in her mouth Noah knew had receded the waters from over the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 8:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:11, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֹ֨א (vatavo) 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.8.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.11.W1.S1) and character.