1 Samuel 15:18:101 Sam.15.18.W10TAB
ב֔וֹ
vo
“against him”
- Transliteration
- VO
- Extended
- VOH
- IPA
- /ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against him
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
VO
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ve-nil-kha-MA VO
- clause
va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
- sentence
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
Exegesis
The sequence continues with wə-nil-ḥam-tā {וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ | and you shall fight} with bō {בּוֹ | against him}, designating Amalek as a collective enemy.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–waw–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word ב֔וֹ (vo) 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 Sam.15.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.18.W10.S1) and character.