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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-NU
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-NU e-LAV
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.