Leviticus 20:9:13Lev.20.9.W13TAB
בּֽוֹ׃
bo
“upon him”
- Transliteration
- BO
- Extended
- BOH
- IPA
- /boː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon him
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
BO
- phraseyour reading level
da-MAV BO
- clause
a-VIV veh-i-MO kih-LEL da-MAV BO
- sentence
kee-ISH ISH a-SHER ye-ka-LEL et-a-VIV veh-et-i-MO MOT yu-MAT a-VIV veh-i-MO kih-LEL da-MAV BO
Exegesis
The idiom damav bo {דָּמָיו בּוֹ | dāmāv bū} ‘his blood is upon him’ denotes full personal liability. The English rendering preserves this parallel legal syntax.
In context — Leviticus 20:9
For any man who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 20:9, so the Hebrew word בּֽוֹ׃ (bo) 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.20.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.9.W13.S1) and character.