1 Samuel 20:9:121 Sam.20.9.W12TAB
לָב֣וֹא
lavo
“to come”
- Transliteration
- la-VO
- Extended
- laa-VOH
- IPA
- /laːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to come
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-VO
- phraseyour reading level
la-VO a-LE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-NA-tan kha-LI-la LAKH KI IM-YA-do-a e-DA KI-KHAL-ta ha-ra-A me-IM A-vi la-VO a-LE-kha ve-LO o-TA a-GID LAKH
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a protasis featuring the perfect qavaʿ {קָבַע | qāvaʿ} whose subject is encoded in the suffix of avi {אָבִי | ’āḇî}, and the noun ra‘ah {רָעָה | rāʿāh} expressed by the infinitive construct lavo {לָבוֹא | lābōʾ} governed by ‘aleikha {עָלֶיךָ | ‘āleḵā}.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־אb-w-ʾ
“to come”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:9
And Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I knew for certain that my father had determined harm to come upon you, would I not tell you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 20:9, so the Hebrew word לָב֣וֹא (lavo) 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.20.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.9.W12.S1) and character.