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
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
- clause
la-VO le-ga-re-SHE-nu mi-ye-ru-sha-TE-kha a-SHER ho-rash-TA-nu
- 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 context — 2 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.