2 Samuel 20:3:182 Sam.20.3.W18TAB

לֹא־בָ֑א

lova

he did not go in or he did not come

Transliteration
LO-VA
Extended
LOH-VAA
IPA
/loːˈvɔː/

Meaning by language

English
he did not go in or he did not come

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Result
לֹא + בָ֑א
lo + va
lova

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO-VA

  2. clause

    va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA

  3. sentence

    va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT

Exegesis

The verbs vayitnem beit-mishmeret {וַיִּתְּנֵם בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶרֶת | va-yit-nem beit-mish-me-ret} and vayekhalkelem vaalehem lo-va {וַיְכַלְכְּלֵם וַאֲלֵיהֶם לֹא־בָא | va-ye-khal-ke-lem va-a-lei-hem lo-va} describe provision without intimacy.

In context2 Samuel 20:3

And David came to his house in Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, concubines whom he had left to guard the house, and placed them in a house of custody . He provided for them, but to them he did not come. And they remained confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word לֹא־בָ֑א (lova) 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.20.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.3.W18.S1) and character.