Ezekiel 21:20:3Ezek.21.20.W3TABWLC Ezekiel 21:25
לָב֣וֹא
lavo
“to come or to enter”
- Transliteration
- la-VO
- Extended
- laa-VOH
- IPA
- /laːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to come or to enter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-VO
- phraseyour reading level
la-VO KHE-rev
- clause
DE-rekh ta-SIM la-VO KHE-rev ET RAB-bat be-NE-A-MON
- sentence
DE-rekh ta-SIM la-VO KHE-rev ET RAB-bat be-NE-A-MON ve-ET-ye-hu-DA bi-ru-sha-LA-im be-tsu-RA
Exegesis
Lavo {לָבוֹא | lā-ḇô} ‘to come’ links to cherev {חֶרֶב | ḥe-reḇ} ‘sword’, signaling the instrument of judgment.
Root and etymology
l-b-b
“heart, inner will”
In context — Ezekiel 21:20
Mark out a way , so that the sword may come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 21:20, so the Hebrew word לָב֣וֹא (lavo) 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 Ezek.21.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.20.W3.S1) and character.