Genesis 19:34:12Gen.19.34.W12TAB

וּבֹ֙אִי֙

uvoi

go in

Transliteration
u-vo-I
Extended
oo-voh-EE
IPA
/u.voˈʔiː/

Meaning by language

English
go in

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Result
וּ + בֹ֙ + אִי֙
u + vo + i
uvoi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-vo-I

  2. clause

    na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra

Exegesis

The Hifil cohortative nashkennu {נַשְׁקֶנּוּ | naš-qen-nû} “let us make him drink” outlines their plan into hallaylah {הַלַּיְלָה | ha-lay-lāh}, followed by imperatives uvo'i {וּבֹאִי | û-ḇō-ʾî} “go in” and shikhvi {שִׁכְבִי | šiḵ-bî} “lie down” directing immo {עִמּוֹ | ʿim-mô}.

Root and etymology

bet–vav–alephbet–vav–aleph

to come

In contextGenesis 19:34

And it happened on the next day that the older said to the younger, “Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine also tonight, and you go in and lie with him, and we will preserve offspring from our father.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:34:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:34, so the Hebrew word וּבֹ֙אִי֙ (uvoi) 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.19.34.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.34.W12.S1) and character.