1 Samuel 18:6:21 Sam.18.6.W2TAB
בְּבוֹאָ֗ם
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 be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
Exegesis
This is followed by two infinitive constructs, bevo’am {בְּבוֹאָם | bə·bō·'ām} ‘when they came’ and beshuv {בְּשׁוּב | bə·šū·ḇ} ‘as he returned,’ establishing a temporal frame centered on David’s victory.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־א
“to come”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:6
And it happened as they returned, when David had struck down the Philistine, that the women went out from all the cities of Israel to sing and to dance to meet Saul the king with tambourines and with joy , and with stringed instruments.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word בְּבוֹאָ֗ם (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.18.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W2.S1) and character.