Deuteronomy 17:8:21Deut.17.8.W21TAB
בּֽוֹ׃
bo
“there”
- Transliteration
- BO
- Extended
- BOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhejxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
BO
- clause
ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾel-ham-mā-qôm ʾă-šer yivḥar {אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר | ʾel·ham·mā-qôm ʾă-šer yiv·ḥar} incorporates the compound divine name YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yᵊ-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lo-hê-kha}, with the locative pronoun bō {בּוֹ | bō} completing the reference.
Root and etymology
לבבlamed-bet-bet
“heart, will”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge—between blood and blood, between case and case, or between affliction and affliction—matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God will choose .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:8:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Deuteronomy 17:8, so the Hebrew word בּֽוֹ׃ (bo) 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.17.8.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.8.W21.S1) and character.