Deuteronomy 11:31:5Deut.11.31.W5TAB
לָבֹא֙
lavo
“to enter”
- Transliteration
- la-VO
- Extended
- laa-VOH
- IPA
- /laːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to enter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
- clause
KI a-TEM ov-RIM et-ha-YAR-den la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem no-TEN la-KHEM
- sentence
KI a-TEM ov-RIM et-ha-YAR-den la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem no-TEN la-KHEM vi-rish-TEM o-TAH vi-shav-TEM-BAH
Exegesis
The infinitives lavo {לָבֹא | lā-bōʾ} ‘to enter’ and lareshet {לָרֶשֶׁת | lā-rěšeth} ‘to possess’ form a temporal-purposive sequence.
Root and etymology
ל־ב־ב
“heart, inner self”
In context — Deuteronomy 11:31
For you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving to you, and you will take possession of it and dwell in it.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 11:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 11:31, so the Hebrew word לָבֹא֙ (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 Deut.11.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.11.31.W5.S1) and character.