Joshua 15:18:2Josh.15.18.W2TAB
בְּבוֹאָ֗הּ
bevoah
“when she came”
- Transliteration
- be-vo-AH
- Extended
- beh-voh-AAH
- IPA
- /bəvoˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when she came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-vo-AH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI be-vo-AH
- clause
va-ye-HI be-vo-AH va-te-si-TE-hu lish-OL me-ET a-vi-HA sa-DEH va-tits-NAKH me-AL ha-kha-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AH va-te-si-TE-hu lish-OL me-ET a-vi-HA sa-DEH va-tits-NAKH me-AL ha-kha-MOR va-YO-mer-LAH ka-LEV MAH-lakh
Exegesis
The infinitive construct bevo’ah {בְּבוֹאָהּ | bə-vō-’āh} ‘when she came’ forms a temporal clause setting the scene.
In context — Joshua 15:18
And it happened that when she came, she prompted him to ask her father for a field. She dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 15:18, so the Hebrew word בְּבוֹאָ֗הּ (bevoah) 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 Josh.15.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.18.W2.S1) and character.