2 Samuel 19:3:52 Sam.19.3.W5TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:4
לָב֣וֹא
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
- phraseyour reading level
la-VO ha-IR
- clause
la-VO ha-IR ka-a-SHER yit-ga-NEV ha-AM ha-nikh-la-MIM be-nu-SAM ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM ba-YOM ha-HU la-VO ha-IR ka-a-SHER yit-ga-NEV ha-AM ha-nikh-la-MIM be-nu-SAM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lavo {לָבוֹא | lā-ḇōʾ} ‘to enter’ indicates motion toward haʽir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr} ‘the city’.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, inner being”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:3
And the people stole into the city on that day, just as people steal themselves away —the humiliated —when they flee in battle.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 19:3, so the Hebrew word לָב֣וֹא (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.19.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.3.W5.S1) and character.