1 Samuel 16:6:21 Sam.16.6.W2TAB
בְּבוֹאָ֔ם
bevoam
“when they came”
- Transliteration
- be-vo-AM
- Extended
- beh-voh-AAM
- IPA
- /bəvoːˈʔaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when they came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-vo-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM va-yar-E et-e-li-AV
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM va-yar-E et-e-li-AV va-yo-MER AKH NE-ged Ye-ho-VAH me-shi-KHO
Exegesis
The infinitive construct bevoam {בְּבוֹאָם | bə·vo·’ām} forms a temporal clause ‘when they came’, indicating the group arrival.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:6
And it happened, when they came, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before the LORD stands His anointed one .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 16:6, so the Hebrew word בְּבוֹאָ֔ם (bevoam) 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.16.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.6.W2.S1) and character.