Judges 18:9:15Judg.18.9.W15TAB
לָבֹ֖א
lavo
“to enter”
- Transliteration
- la-VO
- Extended
- laa-VOH
- IPA
- /laːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to enter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-VO
- phraseyour reading level
la-LE-khet la-VO
- clause
ve-a-TEM makh-SHIM al-te-a-TSLU la-LE-khet la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru KU-ma ve-na-a-LE a-le-HEM KI ra-I-nu et-ha-A-rets ve-hi-NE to-VA me-OD ve-a-TEM makh-SHIM al-te-a-TSLU la-LE-khet la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The rebuke ve’atem machshim {וְאַתֶּ֣ם מַחְשִׁ֔ים | wə’āttêm maḥšîm} ‘and you hesitate’ criticizes reluctance, followed by the prohibitive al te’atzlu {אַל־תֵּעָ֣צְל֔וּ | ’al tê‘āṣəlû}, and the tricolon of infinitives lalechet, labo’, lareshet {לָלֶ֥כֶת לָבֹ֖א لָרֶ֥שֶׁת} expressing the full scope of the mission “to go, to come, to possess.”
Root and etymology
l-b-blambetbet
“heart, inner person”
In context — Judges 18:9
They said, “Get up and let us move against them, for we have inspected the land and found it to be exceptionally good. Why are you standing idle? Do not be lazy to go in, enter, and take possession of the land .”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 18:9, so the Hebrew word לָבֹ֖א (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.18.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.9.W15.S1) and character.