2 Samuel 17:12:12 Sam.17.12.W1TAB

וּבָ֣אנוּ

uvanu

and we will come

Transliteration
u-va-NU
Extended
oo-vah-NUU
IPA
/uvaˈnuː/

Meaning by language

English
and we will come

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Result
וּ + בָ֣א + נוּ
u + va + nu
uvanu

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
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-NU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-va-NU e-LAV

  3. clause

    u-va-NU e-LAV be-a-KHAT be-a-KHAD ham-me-ko-MOT a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM ve-nakh-NU a-LAV ka-a-SHER yip-POL hat-TAL al-ha-a-da-MA

  4. sentence

    u-va-NU e-LAV be-a-KHAT be-a-KHAD ham-me-ko-MOT a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM ve-nakh-NU a-LAV ka-a-SHER yip-POL hat-TAL al-ha-a-da-MA ve-LO-no-TAR BO u-ve-khol-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-i-TO gam-e-KHAD

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb uvanu {וּבָ֣אנוּ | û-vā-nû} ‘and we will come’, establishing a sequential narrative future.

Root and etymology

Rootbet–waw–aleph

to come, arrive

In context2 Samuel 17:12

And we will come upon him in one of the places where he is found, and we will fall on him like dew falls upon the ground, and there will not be left in him or among all the men who are with him even one .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 17:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word וּבָ֣אנוּ (uvanu) 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.17.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.12.W1.S1) and character.