Genesis 29:21:9Gen.29.21.W9TAB
וְאָב֖וֹאָה
veavoa
“and I may go in”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-VO-a
- Extended
- veh-ah-VOH-ah
- IPA
- /və.ʔaˈvoː.ʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I may go in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-VO-a
- clause
ve-a-VO-a e-LE-ha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI ve-a-VO-a e-LE-ha
Exegesis
The final clause ve-avoah eleha {וְאָבוֹאָה אֵלֶיהָ | wə-ʾā-ḇō-ʾāh ʾê-lê-hā} literally ‘and I will go in to her’ uses a conventional Hebrew euphemism for marital consummation. The translation preserves the request–reason–purpose structure while rendering the euphemism in an accessible form.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–vav–aleph
“to come, enter”
In context — Genesis 29:21
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife , because my time is fulfilled , so that I may go in to her.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 29:21, so the Hebrew word וְאָב֖וֹאָה (veavoa) 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.29.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.21.W9.S1) and character.