2 Kings 18:21:142 Kgs.18.21.W14TAB

וּבָ֥א

uva

and it will come

Transliteration
u-VA
Extended
oo-VAA
IPA
/uːˈvɔː/

Meaning by language

English
and it will come

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Result
וּ + בָ֥א
u + va
uva

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-VA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-VA ve-kha-PO

  3. clause

    a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA

  4. sentence

    a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA KEN par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM le-khol-ha-bot-khim a-LAV

Exegesis

A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘which’ introduces a conditional Nifal imperfect yissamekh {יִסָּמֵךְ | yiṣ·sā·mekh} ‘he leans’, and the vav-consecutive perfects ū-va {וּבָא | ū·vā} ‘and comes’ and ū-neqavah {וּנְקָבָהּ | ū·neqā·vāh} ‘and it pierces’ describe the immediate consequence.

In context2 Kings 18:21

Now, behold, you have trusted upon the staff of this broken reed; on Egypt, which, if a man leans upon it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust upon him.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 18:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 18:21, so the Hebrew word וּבָ֥א (uva) 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 Kgs.18.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.21.W14.S1) and character.