Judges 17:9:4Judg.17.9.W4TAB
תָּב֑וֹא
tavo
“do you come”
- Transliteration
- ta-VO
- Extended
- taa-VOH
- IPA
- /taːˈvoːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- do you come
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ta-VO
- phraseyour reading level
me-A-yin ta-VO
- clause
va-yo-MER-LO mi-KHA me-A-yin ta-VO
- sentence
va-yo-MER-LO mi-KHA me-A-yin ta-VO va-yo-MER e-LAV le-VI a-NO-khi mib-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-a-NO-khi ho-LEKH la-GUR ba-a-SHER em-TSA
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase meayin tavo {מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא | mē-’ā-yin tā-ṯō-w} uses a prepositional interrogative pattern common in biblical Hebrew.
In context — Judges 17:9
And Micah asked him, “From where do you come?” And he replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn wherever I may find.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 17:9, so the Hebrew word תָּב֑וֹא (tavo) 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.17.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.9.W4.S1) and character.