2 Samuel 16:5:12 Sam.16.5.W1TAB
וּבָ֛א
uva
“and came”
- Transliteration
- u-VA
- Extended
- oo-VAA
- IPA
- /uːˈvɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and came
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VA
- clause
u-VA ha-ME-lekh da-VID ad-ba-khu-RIM
- sentence
u-VA ha-ME-lekh da-VID ad-ba-khu-RIM ve-hi-NE mi-SHAM ISH yo-TSE mi-mish-pa-KHA-t BET-sha-UL u-she-MO shim-E ben-ge-RA yo-TSE ya-TSO u-me-kal-LEL
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb uva {וּבָ֛א | ū·wā} ‘and came’, presenting David’s continued movement.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:5
And King David came to Bahurim. And behold , from there came a man from the family of the house of Saul, named Shimei son of Gera; he was coming out, coming out and cursing .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 16:5, so the Hebrew word וּבָ֛א (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 Sam.16.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.5.W1.S1) and character.