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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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VA
- clause
u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.