Deuteronomy 18:6:9Deut.18.6.W9TAB

וּבָא֙

uva

and comes

Transliteration
u-VA
Extended
oo-VAH
IPA
/uːˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
and comes

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Result
וּ + בָא֙
u + va
uva

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-VA

  2. clause

    u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The phrase u-va be-khol a-vat nafsho {וּבָא בְּכָל־אַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ | ū-bāʾ bə-ḵōl ʾă-vat nap̄-šōʾ} conveys total volition by combining preposition and noun.

Root and etymology

ב־ו־א

to come, enter

In contextDeuteronomy 18:6

And when the Levite comes from one of your gates in all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD will choose.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 18:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 18:6, so the Hebrew word וּבָא֙ (uva) 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.18.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.6.W9.S1) and character.