Genesis 20:13:18Gen.20.13.W18TAB
נָב֣וֹא
navo
“we come”
- Transliteration
- na-VO
- Extended
- nah-VOH
- IPA
- /naː.ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we come
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
na-VO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma
- clause
EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The distributive expression ʾel kol-hammāqôm ʾăšer nabōʾ šammāh {אֶ֤ל כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה | ʾel kol-ham-mā-qôm ʾă-šer nā-vōʾ šām-māh} extends the instruction to every future location.
In context — Genesis 20:13
And it happened that when God caused me to wander from my father’s house , I said to her, “This is your kindness which you shall do for me: in every place we reach, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:13:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 20:13, so the Hebrew word נָב֣וֹא (navo) 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.20.13.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.13.W18.S1) and character.