Genesis 15:12:3Gen.15.12.W3TAB
לָב֔וֹא
lavo
“to go down”
- Transliteration
- la-VO
- Extended
- lah-VOH
- IPA
- /laː.ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go down
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV
Exegesis
This is followed by the temporal infinitive phrase hashemesh lavo {הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לָבוֹא | haššemeš lāḇôʾ} ‘the sun to go in’, which functions as a circumstantial temporal clause, naturally rendered in English as “as the sun was going down.”
In context — Genesis 15:12
And it came to pass, as the sun was going down, that a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a terror —a great darkness—was falling upon him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word לָב֔וֹא (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 Gen.15.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W3.S1) and character.