Judges 20:10:16Judg.20.10.W16TAB

לְבוֹאָם֙

levoam

“at their coming”

Transliteration: le-vo-AM
Extended: leh-voh-AAM
IPA: /ləvoːˈʔaːm/

Meaning by language

English: at their coming

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לְ + בוֹ + אָם֙

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le + vo + am

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levoam

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	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
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
le-vo-AM
clause
la-a-SOT le-vo-AM le-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ke-khol-ha-ne-va-LA a-SHER a-SA be-yis-ra-EL
sentence
ve-la-KHAkh-nu a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM la-me-A le-KHOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL u-me-A la-E-lef ve-E-lef la-re-va-VA la-KHA-khat tse-DA la-AM la-a-SOT le-vo-AM le-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ke-khol-ha-ne-va-LA a-SHER a-SA be-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The infinitive constructs lakachat {לָקַחַת | lā-qa-ḥat} and la’asot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-śōt} govern tzedah to express purposeful intent (“to take provision,” “to do”), while levo’am {לְבוֹאָם | lə-vo-ʾām} adds a temporal–result clause for their coming to Gibeah, highlighting preparatory readiness.

In context — Judges 20:10

And we will take ten men from every hundred of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from every thousand, and a thousand from every ten thousand, to secure provisions for the people , so that they may act when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin according to all the outrage done in Israel.

About this coordinate

Judges 20:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 20:10, so the Hebrew word לְבוֹאָם֙ (levoam) 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.20.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.10.W16.S1) and character.

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