Exodus 2:18:7Exod.2.18.W7TAB
בֹּ֖א
bo
“to come”
- Transliteration
- BO
- Extended
- BOH
- IPA
- /ˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to come
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
BO
- phraseyour reading level
mi-har-TEN BO
- clause
va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
Exegesis
The perfect verb miharten {מִהַרְתֶּן | mi-hār-tên} ‘you hurried’ indicates completed action, with the infinitive absolute bo {בֹּא | bōʾ} functioning as an intensifier.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾbet–vav–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — Exodus 2:18
And they came to Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you hurried to come today?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 2:18, so the Hebrew word בֹּ֖א (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 Exod.2.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.18.W7.S1) and character.