1 Samuel 16:5:71 Sam.16.5.W7TAB
וּבָאתֶ֥ם
uvatem
“and you shall come”
- Transliteration
- u-va-TEM
- Extended
- oo-vah-TEHM
- IPA
- /uːvaːˈʔɛ.tɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall come
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-TEM i-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-LOM liz-BO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ba-TI hit-ka-DE-shu u-va-TEM i-TI ba-za-VAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-LOM liz-BO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ba-TI hit-ka-DE-shu u-va-TEM i-TI ba-za-VAKH va-ye-ka-DESH et-yi-SHAI ve-et-ba-NAIV va-yik-RA la-HEM la-za-VAKH
Exegesis
The Hitpael imperative hitqaddēšû {הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ | hitqaddēšû} ‘consecrate yourselves’ and ūbāʾətem {וּבָאתֶ֥ם | ūbāʾətem} ‘and come’ coordinate communal purification and movement.
Root and etymology
b-w-’bet–waw–aleph
“to come, enter”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, “Peace . I have come to sacrifice to the LORD . Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 16:5, so the Hebrew word וּבָאתֶ֥ם (uvatem) 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.16.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.5.W7.S1) and character.