יָבֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָבֹ֣א

   ya-VO

   came or would come
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה

   ya-VO ha-khar-SA

   came or would come the sun toward setting
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה מַה־מָּת֣וֹק מִדְּבַ֔שׁ וּמֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵאֲרִ֑י

   va-yo-me-RU LO an-she ha-IR ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-khar-SA ma-ma-TOK mid-da-VASH u-ME AZ me-a-RI

   and they said to him men of the city on the day the seventh before came or would come the sun toward setting what is sweeter than honey and what is strong than a lion
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה מַה־מָּת֣וֹק מִדְּבַ֔שׁ וּמֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵאֲרִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽי׃

   va-yo-me-RU LO an-she ha-IR ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-khar-SA ma-ma-TOK mid-da-VASH u-ME AZ me-a-RI va-yo-MER la-HEM lu-le kha-ra-she-TEM be-eg-la-TI LO me-tsa-TEM khi-da-TI

   and they said to him men of the city on the day the seventh before came or would come the sun toward setting what is sweeter than honey and what is strong than a lion and he said to them if not you had plowed with my heifer not you would have found my riddle

Exegesis

The temporal phrase ba-yom ha-shvi-i be-terem ya-vo ha-char-sa {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֘ בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה | ba-yom ha-shvi-i be-terem ya-vo ha-char-sa} ‘temporal frame’ sets the speeches before sunset on the seventh day.