2 Chronicles 20:11:42 Chr.20.11.W4TAB

לָבוֹא֙

lavo

to come

Transliteration
la-VO
Extended
laa-VOH
IPA
/laːˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
to come

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Result
לָ + בוֹא֙
la + vo
lavo

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-VO

  2. clause

    la-VO le-ga-re-SHE-nu mi-ye-ru-sha-TE-kha a-SHER ho-rash-TA-nu

  3. sentence

    ve-hin-NE-HEM gom-le-HIM a-LE-nu la-VO le-ga-re-SHE-nu mi-ye-ru-sha-TE-kha a-SHER ho-rash-TA-nu

Exegesis

The infinitives lāḇōʼ {לָבוֹא֙ | lāḇōʼ} ‘to come’ and ləgāršênû {לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ | lə-gāršênû} ‘to drive us out’ constitute a hostile infinitive sequence expressing intent.

Root and etymology

b-w-’

to enter, go in

In context2 Chronicles 20:11

And behold, they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of Your inheritance , which You have caused us to inherit.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 20:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 20:11, so the Hebrew word לָבוֹא֙ (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 2 Chr.20.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.11.W4.S1) and character.