Judges 15:1:16Judg.15.1.W16TAB

לָבֽוֹא׃

lavo

to go in

Transliteration
la-VO
Extended
laa-VOH
IPA
/laːˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
to go in

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Result
לָ + בֽוֹא׃
la + vo
lavo

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
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

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-VO

  2. clause

    ve-LO-na-ta-NO a-vi-HA la-VO

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI mi-ya-MIM bi-ME ke-TSIR-khi-TIM va-yif-KOD shim-SHON et-ish-TO big-DI i-ZIM va-yo-MER a-VO-A el-ish-TI he-KHAD-re-HA ve-LO-na-ta-NO a-vi-HA la-VO

Exegesis

The prohibitive velo-netano lavo {וְלֹֽא־נְתָנ֥וֹ לָבֽוֹא | wə·lōʾ-nəṯānô lāḇōʾ} contrasts intention and refusal, heightening tension.

In contextJudges 15:1

After several days, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson came to see his wife , bringing a young goat. He said, “I will go into my wife’s inner chamber ,” but her father would not let him enter.

About this coordinate

Judges 15:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 15:1, so the Hebrew word לָבֽוֹא׃ (lavo) 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.15.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.1.W16.S1) and character.