Leviticus 14:48:2Lev.14.48.W2TAB
יָבֹ֜א
yavoh
“comes”
- Transliteration
- ya-VOH
- Extended
- yah-VOH
- IPA
- /jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- comes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ya-VOH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH
- clause
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH ha-ko-HEN veh-rah-AA veh-hi-NEH loh-FA-sah ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit a-kha-REI ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit
- sentence
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH ha-ko-HEN veh-rah-AA veh-hi-NEH loh-FA-sah ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit a-kha-REI ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit veh-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-BA-yit ki nir-PA ha-NA-ga
Exegesis
The conditional protasis begins with ve-im {וְאִם | wə·ʾim} ‘and if’, followed by the infinitive absolute bo {בֹּא | bōʾ} and the imperfect yavo {יָבֹא | yā·wōʾ} to intensify the certainty of the priest’s action.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־א
“to enter”
In context — Leviticus 14:48
And if the priest enters and observes that the affliction has not spread in the house after it has been plastered, then he shall pronounce the house clean because the affliction has been healed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:48:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 14:48, so the Hebrew word יָבֹ֜א (yavoh) 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.14.48.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.48.W2.S1) and character.