1 Samuel 20:27:131 Sam.20.27.W13TAB
לֹא־בָא֙
lova
“has not come”
- Transliteration
- lo-VA
- Extended
- loh-VAA
- IPA
- /madˈduː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- has not come
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-VA
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT ha-KHO-desh hash-she-NI va-yip-pa-KED me-KOM da-VID va-yo-MER sha-UL el-ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO mad-DU-a lo-VA ben-yi-SHAI gam-te-MOL gam-ha-YOM el-hal-LE-khem
Exegesis
The interrogative lamah {לָמָּה | lā-māh} frames the question, negated by lo in loba {לֹא־בָא | lō-bā’} to express expected absence.
Root and etymology
ב–א–ה
“to come”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:27
And it was the next day, the second day of the month, and David’s place was filled; and Saul said to Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come today and also yesterday to the meal?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 20:27, so the Hebrew word לֹא־בָא֙ (lova) 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.20.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.27.W13.S1) and character.