Leviticus 14:44:1Lev.14.44.W1TAB
וּבָא֙
oova
“{And He} came”
- Transliteration
- oo-VA
- Extended
- oo-VAA
- IPA
- /uː.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-VA
- clause
oo-VA ha-ko-HEN ve-ra-AH ve-hin-NEH PA-sa ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit
- sentence
oo-VA ha-ko-HEN ve-ra-AH ve-hin-NEH PA-sa ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit TSA-ra-at mam-E-ret HEE ba-BA-yit ta-ME HOO
Exegesis
The verse begins with uva {וּבָא֙ | ū-vā ʾ} ‘and he shall come’ followed by vera’ah {וְרָאָ֕ה | wə-rāʾ-āh} ‘and he shall see’, Qal perfect forms with waw-consecutive that advance the priestly procedure.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־א
“to enter”
In context — Leviticus 14:44
And the priest shall come and examine it, and behold, if the affliction has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:44:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:44, so the Hebrew word וּבָא֙ (oova) 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 Lev.14.44.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.44.W1.S1) and character.