Deuteronomy 17:9:1Deut.17.9.W1TAB
וּבָאתָ֗
uvata
“and you shall come”
- Transliteration
- u-va-TA
- Extended
- oo-vaa-TAH
- IPA
- /uvaˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall come
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-TA
- clause
u-va-TA el-ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YYIM ve-el-ha-sho-FET a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
- sentence
u-va-TA el-ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YYIM ve-el-ha-sho-FET a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ve-da-rash-TA ve-hig-GI-du le-KHA ET de-VAR ham-mish-PAT
Exegesis
The verse begins with uvata {וּבָאתָ֗ | û·vāṯā} ‘and you shall come’, employing the vav-consecutive Qal perfect to sequence commands.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:9
And you shall go to the priests of the Levites and to the judge who will be in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them, and they will declare to you the decision of the judgment.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 17:9, so the Hebrew word וּבָאתָ֗ (uvata) 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.17.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.9.W1.S1) and character.