Job 19:12:2Job.19.12.W2TAB
יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ
yavou
“they come”
- Transliteration
- ya-VO-u
- Extended
- yaa-VOH-oo
- IPA
- /jaˈvoː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they come
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-VO-u
- phraseyour reading level
YA-khad ya-VO-u
- clause
YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM
- sentence
YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM va-ya-kha-NU sa-VIV le-a-ho-LI
Exegesis
The clause yavo’u gedudav {יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו | yāḇōʾû gəḏûḏāyw} ‘his troops come’ presents the enemy force as belonging to a third party.
In context — Job 19:12
Together they come, his troops heap up a road of attack against me, and they camp all around my tent.
About this coordinate
Job 19:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:12, so the Hebrew word יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ (yavou) 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 Job.19.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.12.W2.S1) and character.