Judges 13:12:4Judg.13.12.W4TAB
יָבֹ֣א
yavo
“may come”
- Transliteration
- ya-VO
- Extended
- yaa-VOH
- IPA
- /jaːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- may 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
ya-VO de-va-RE-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TA ya-VO de-va-RE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TA ya-VO de-va-RE-kha MA-yeh-HE-ye mish-PAT-ha-NA-ar u-ma-a-SE-hu
Exegesis
The jussive imperfect yavo {יָבֹא | yāḇōʾ} ‘may come’ frames divareikha {דְבָרֶיךָ | dəvarêḵā} ‘your words’ in a subordinate temporal clause.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–aleph
“to come”
In context — Judges 13:12
And Manoach said, “Now when your words come to pass, what will be the rule for the boy , and what is his work?”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 13:12, so the Hebrew word יָבֹ֣א (yavo) 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 Judg.13.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.12.W4.S1) and character.