Daniel 10:3:7Dan.10.3.W7TAB
לֹא־בָ֥א
lova
“did not enter”
- Transliteration
- lo-VA
- Extended
- loh-VAA
- IPA
- /loː-ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- did not enter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
lo-VA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-VA el-PI
- clause
LE-khem kha-mu-DOT LO a-KHAL-ti u-va-SAR va-YA-yin lo-VA el-PI ve-SOKH lo-SAKH-ti
- sentence
LE-khem kha-mu-DOT LO a-KHAL-ti u-va-SAR va-YA-yin lo-VA el-PI ve-SOKH lo-SAKH-ti ad-me-LOT she-LO-shet sha-vu-IM ya-MIM
Exegesis
The coordinated nouns uvasar {וּבָשָׂר | ûḇāśār} ‘meat’ and vayayin {וָיַיִן | vāyayin} ‘wine’ follow the negation lo-ba {לֹא־בָא | lōʾ-ḇāʾ} ‘did not come,’ creating parallel refusal.
Root and etymology
bet–alephb–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — Daniel 10:3
I ate no desirable bread , nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all , until the completion of three weeks.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 10:3, so the Hebrew word לֹא־בָ֥א (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 Dan.10.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.3.W7.S1) and character.