1 Kings 13:16:61 Kgs.13.16.W6TAB
וְלָב֣וֹא
velavo
“and to go in”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-VO
- Extended
- veh-la-VOH
- IPA
- /vəlaːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to go in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-VO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-VO it-TAKH
- clause
vah-YO-mer LO oo-KHAL la-SHOOV it-TAKH ve-la-VO it-TAKH
- sentence
vah-YO-mer LO oo-KHAL la-SHOOV it-TAKH ve-la-VO it-TAKH ve-LOH-O-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO-e-SHTE it-KHA MA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
Two Qal infinitive constructs lashuv {לָשׁ֥וּב | lā-shūv} ‘to return’ and velavo {וְלָב֣וֹא | wə-lā-vō} ‘to come’ form parallel complements, each followed by the emphatic ittach {אִתָּ֖ךְ | it-tākh} ‘with you.’
In context — 1 Kings 13:16
And he said, “I am not able to return with you or to come with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְלָב֣וֹא (velavo) 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 1 Kgs.13.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.16.W6.S1) and character.