Joshua 23:4:15Josh.23.4.W15TAB
מְב֥וֹא
mevo
“toward the going in”
- Transliteration
- me-VO
- Extended
- meh-VOH
- IPA
- /məvoˈʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the going in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-VO
- phraseyour reading level
me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
min-ha-yar-DEN ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER hikh-ra-TI ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
- sentence
re-U hi-pal-TI la-KHEM ET-ha-go-YIM ha-nish-a-RIM ha-E-le be-na-ha-LA le-shiv-TE-khem min-ha-yar-DEN ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER hikh-ra-TI ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
Exegesis
The idiom məvôʾ haššāmeš {מְב֥וֹא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ | məvôʾ haššāmeš} ‘entrance of the sun’ conveys the westward orientation and is rendered “at sunset” or “westward direction” in English.
In context — Joshua 23:4
See, I have allotted for you these nations that remain to be an inheritance for your tribes from the Jordan and all the nations that I have cut off, even to the Great Sea at the setting of the sun .
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Joshua 23:4, so the Hebrew word מְב֥וֹא (mevo) 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.23.4.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.4.W15.S1) and character.