Leviticus 22:7:1Lev.22.7.W1TAB
וּבָ֥א
oova
“goes down”
- Transliteration
- oo-VA
- Extended
- oo-VAA
- IPA
- /uː.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- goes down
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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
- phraseyour reading level
oo-VA ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
oo-VA ha-SHE-mesh ve-ta-HER
- sentence
oo-VA ha-SHE-mesh ve-ta-HER ve-a-KHAR yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI lakh-MO HU
Exegesis
In the opening clause, uva {וּבָא | û-vâ’} ‘and comes’ employs the consecutive vav with a Qal perfect to introduce a temporal sequence at sunset.
In context — Leviticus 22:7
And when the sun has set, he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things; for it is his food.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:7, so the Hebrew word וּבָ֥א (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.22.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.7.W1.S1) and character.