2 Samuel 14:29:162 Sam.14.29.W16TAB
לָבֽוֹא׃
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
va-yish-LAKH OD she-NIT ve-LO a-VA la-VO
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM el-yo-AV lish-LO-akh o-TO el-ha-ME-lekh ve-LO a-VA la-VO e-LAV va-yish-LAKH OD she-NIT ve-LO a-VA la-VO
Exegesis
The concessive particle velo {וְלֹא | wə·lō} ‘and not’ introduces avah {אָבָה | ’ā·wāh} ‘he was willing’ with the infinitive lavo {לָבוֹא | lā·ḇō} ‘to come’, indicating Joab’s refusal.
Root and etymology
l-b-b
“heart, mind, will”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:29
Absalom sent Joab to the king , but Joab was unwilling to come to him. Absalom sent again , but Joab was unwilling to come.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 14:29, so the Hebrew word לָבֽוֹא׃ (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 Sam.14.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.29.W16.S1) and character.