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

Result
בְּ + בוֹ + אָ֗הּ
be + vo + ah
bevoah

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-vo-AH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI be-vo-AH

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextJoshua 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.