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

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    VO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-nil-kha-MA VO

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.